I have always been amazed by the huge, south-facing snowfield overlooking the lake of Montriond and located between Nantaux (elev. 7119’ - 2 170 meters) and Entre-deux-Pertuis (elev. 7041’ - 2146 m) peaks.
The snow cover, in spite of its sun exposure has always been good from around 6,000’ (1825 m) where the village of Edenia would have been located. The place would have been car-free and received unlimited UVs on a sunny day.
Usable vertical might have been no more than 1,000 (305 m) on that sunny side, but could have extended down to 2,000’ (600 m) on the other side of the ridge, facing the village of Abondance.
A funicular would have given access to visitors from the lake of Montriond and skiers would have gained access to the Portes du Soleil to the east, via Châtel and les Lindarets.
Since I wasn’t there to develop it, it’s quite unfortunate that this huge expanse of snow is today of little use to passionate skiers, but again, isn’t there already too many lifts crisscrossing that beautiful Alpine region of mine ?
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