We had another pass for a ski resort in the same valley as Formigueres, so decided to check it out for future reference. The cloud was low as we drove to Puyvalador and we could only see a small area around the bottom of the ski lift, the rest was completely concealed. I counted the cars in the car park and there were 34, so it felt like they had opened the place just for us. The resort isn’t huge, but lots of really nice runs, and you have to hand it to the French – they know a thing or two about piste grooming.

Cloud kept coming and going and a couple of times visibility was so bad I skied off the piste. We skied until it got too slushy and as we were about to finish the sun broke through and created a big blue hole above us. The scenery was stunning, made more so by the sea of cloud to the east and the impressive layers of cloud towards the west. This inspired us to carry on and we skied for another hour. We’d definitely go again.

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