🇫🇷 Plage nord du Monteynard
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Wind speed15–25kt
SeasonJun – Sep
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterFlat alpine lake
Ridden forKitesurfing
A dammed gorge lake near Grenoble famous for one of the most reliable thermal winds in the French Alps, walled in by cliffs that funnel the afternoon breeze.
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Getting thereIsère department, about 45 minutes south of Grenoble city center via the A51. A car is completely mandatory for the northern sector; paid parking at the public…
HazardsImmediate deep-water drop-offs, genuinely freezing alpine temperatures, and narrow riding tracks bordered by steep rock walls downwind. Complex mountain rotors…
Best time of dayAfternoon, May-September, when clear days trigger a strong thermal engine funneling cold mountain air down the valley axis…
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