 Poster: A snowHead
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 Most resorts may not yet be open by the second week of December in France. But despair not! Between the 10th and the 13th of December, you can stop off on your way to the mountains in the middle of Lyon and ski down a 300 metre long, 30 metre wide, 280 metre drop slope averaging 20% from top to bottom.
 4,200 cubic metres of snow will be transported down from the Sybelles ski area, a two hour journey to Lyon. (Let's hope there's enough left in the Maurienne for the skiers when they arrive for their Christmas holidays!)
A couple of lifts, as well as a "mountain restaurant" are being put in place for the duration of the event. (For once a mountain restaurant that might be value for money? It is being run by the famous Lyonnais chef Frédéric Côte, of the Caro de Lyon restaurant)...
You can rent your skis on the spot, with Atomic setting up shop to show off their latest range...
Fun skiing and serious racing, with competitions for children and adults, including a qualifier for the national children's Coq d'Or. The organisers are aiming high... one day they hope to host a World Cup slalom!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sounds like a bit of fun. Is this a regulay thing and how much does it cost? Or is it just a one off promotion for the resaurant that you get free with a meal?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Don't know how much a day's skiing costs, but the restaurant has four menus ranging from 20 to 60 euros - not exactly cheap, but Jean Claude Caro has a reputation to keep up...
A brief history of the Lyon slope:
From the heights above the Saone, beside the Fourvière Basilisk, down to the river… the original slope was constructed back n 1964 – a synthetic dry slope, supposedly resembling snow. The original surface was replaced in 1973 by a new white surface, similar to Dendix. Between 1964 and 1975, the date the slope was closed, the Sarra run was used more than 2 million times.
However, rubber burns on clothing, combined with broken fingers and thumbs, resulted in the facility being closed down ’temporarily’, with the intention of replacing the Dendix with something less dangerous.
Eventually in 1997 the slope was used again – covered with snow, used for a demonstration event. This was so successful than plans were made to open to the general public, the first one staged last year (photos).
The slope is graded red at the top, green at the bottom.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| 300 metre long, 30 metre wide, 280 metre drop slope averaging 20% from top to bottom. |
Not according to my trigonometry!
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You're the expert ... I merely supply the translations!
All I can tell you is that it's a hell of a steep walk from Vieux Lyon up to the Basilisk!
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