🇫🇷 Lac de Serre-Ponçon (Alps)
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Best directionNW
Wind speed12–22kt
SeasonJun – Sep
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterFlat alpine lake
Ridden forPump Foiling and Kitesurfing
A turquoise reservoir in the Hautes-Alpes, wind funnelled by the same mountains that make it one of Europe's biggest artificial lakes.
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Getting thereHautes-Alpes region, about 2.5 hours north of Marseille Marignane Airport (MRS) via the A51. A car is completely necessary for the mountainous shoreline; paid…
HazardsImmediate deep-water drop-offs and a hard clay bottom that gets slippery during launches. Local thermal funneling drives genuinely fierce…
Best time of dayAfternoon, May-September, when the mountain thermal engine drives steady western wind through the valley passes like…
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