The Jura mountains run down part of the border of France and Switzerland, they form the watershed of, and divide, the Rhine and Rhone rivers. The word Jura is old from Celtic roots and means forest so you have the forest mountains. Another interesting thing about them is they control our weather in the plateau area a bit, air tends to condense on the Jura giving us a blanket of fog in the plateua region. Some of these photo's show this really neatly with a sea of fog between the Jura the main alpine chain.
Col du Mollendruz is a nordic ski area near the Lac du Joux which was frozen as I drove past this morning. Because views were going to be so good I took a long loipe along the ridge to enjoy the views.
I probably got more photo's today than I can use really, so this is a tiny selection.
Col du Mollendruz
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This is where I used to live! Well, at the feet of the Jura... and it is stunning. I miss it. :cry:
IIRC Lac de Joux is where we once went cycling - on the lake one February. One of the local village shops had welded up some simple frames, bolted a mountain bike on either end and you could hire the resulting 2-seat contraption to ride on the ice. Bizarre and brilliant.
Super photos Ise. Very evocative. :thumbup: Love the shots over the Geneva fog to the Alps beyond. The day I left, I drove up to Col de la Faucille and stopped to catch that view; fog and all. 8)
it's fine, they're under a creative commons license which allows any non-commercial re-use like that, it just prevents re-sale or use where rights are assumed over the material like some of those photo hosting sites.
Certainly it's been some nice weather over that way this week, I wanted to go over the weekend but it'll probably be raquettes as Mrs Ise isn't happy to nordic ski with me :cry: and more practically her skis are at the chalet :)
An obvious excursion from here would be to go the other way along to Mont Tendre which is the highest peak in the Swiss Jura of course. Somewhere around 20km or more from col de Mollendruz.
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Started by Ise in Switzerland 15-Jan-2010 - 16 Replies
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Salski
reply to 'Col du Mollendruz' posted Jan-2010
Fab photos......in my fantasy world (which I frequently visit) this is where I live! :D
The plan is.... there's no plan!
Gdbn
reply to 'Col du Mollendruz' posted Jan-2010
Stunning pictures, Ise, thanks for posting them.
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Far Queue
reply to 'Col du Mollendruz' posted Jan-2010
Lovely pics, do you mind if I grab some of them to add to my screensaver please?
Cheers.
FQ
Cheers.
FQ
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reply to 'Col du Mollendruz' posted Jan-2010
Salski wrote:Fab photos......in my fantasy world (which I frequently visit) this is where I live! :D
This is where I used to live! Well, at the feet of the Jura... and it is stunning. I miss it. :cry:
IIRC Lac de Joux is where we once went cycling - on the lake one February. One of the local village shops had welded up some simple frames, bolted a mountain bike on either end and you could hire the resulting 2-seat contraption to ride on the ice. Bizarre and brilliant.
Super photos Ise. Very evocative. :thumbup: Love the shots over the Geneva fog to the Alps beyond. The day I left, I drove up to Col de la Faucille and stopped to catch that view; fog and all. 8)
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Ise
reply to 'Col du Mollendruz' posted Jan-2010
Far Queue wrote:Lovely pics, do you mind if I grab some of them to add to my screensaver please?
Cheers.
FQ
it's fine, they're under a creative commons license which allows any non-commercial re-use like that, it just prevents re-sale or use where rights are assumed over the material like some of those photo hosting sites.
Certainly it's been some nice weather over that way this week, I wanted to go over the weekend but it'll probably be raquettes as Mrs Ise isn't happy to nordic ski with me :cry: and more practically her skis are at the chalet :)
Goff
reply to 'Col du Mollendruz' posted Jan-2010
Superb pics Ise
Have not been to Lac joux area,apart to see Jura Parc, will def go there
as only 20 mins away.
Goff
Have not been to Lac joux area,apart to see Jura Parc, will def go there
as only 20 mins away.
Goff
Ise
reply to 'Col du Mollendruz' posted Jan-2010
goff wrote:Superb pics Ise
Have not been to Lac joux area,apart to see Jura Parc, will def go there
as only 20 mins away.
Goff
An obvious excursion from here would be to go the other way along to Mont Tendre which is the highest peak in the Swiss Jura of course. Somewhere around 20km or more from col de Mollendruz.
Topic last updated on 28-January-2010 at 19:57