Besseyrou snowkite spot

France · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Spot currently openAltitude 1,372 m 44.9 | 4.13

Overview

Besseyrou is a snowkite spot on the southern Vercors high plateaus at 1372m altitude (Ardèche/Drôme). This wide open plateau is part of a well-known snowkite area, right next to the Le Planas spot.

Open terrain with good exposure to West and South-West winds. Wild, uncrowded atmosphere far from ski lifts.

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Spot forecast for Besseyrou

Sunrise 08:05 · Sunset 18:50

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Besseyrou: when to go?

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Season · peak

21h

in March · 2.5 rideable days

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are March, December and January, at 1 rideable days and 4 °C. The low point is January, at 0 days.

Rideable days per month

0 1 2 3 January: 0 rideable days0 d J February: 0 rideable days0 d F March: 2.5 rideable days2.5 d M April: 0 rideable days0 d A May: 0 rideable days0 d M June: 0 rideable days0 d J July: 0 rideable days0 d J August: 0 rideable days0 d A September: 0 rideable days0 d S October: 0 rideable days0 d O November: 0 rideable days0 d N December: 1 rideable days D 0 1 2 3 January: 0 rideable days0 d J February: 0 rideable days0 d F March: 2.5 rideable days2.5 d M April: 0 rideable days0 d A May: 0 rideable days0 d M June: 0 rideable days0 d J July: 0 rideable days0 d J August: 0 rideable days0 d A September: 0 rideable days0 d S October: 0 rideable days0 d O November: 0 rideable days0 d N December: 1 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 60%13-20 knots · 40%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 60% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 3 °C. The wettest month is March, with 296 mm. Snow depth peaks in February, at 8 cm.

Monthly averages: Besseyrou
Monthly averages — Besseyrou — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 0.0 0 h 3 °C 80 mm
February 0.0 1 h 5 °C 87 mm
March 2.5 21 h 5 °C 296 mm
April 0.0 0 h 9 °C 131 mm
May 0.0 0 h 12 °C 140 mm
June 0.0 0 h 18 °C 75 mm
July 0.0 0 h 20 °C 42 mm
August 0.0 0 h 22 °C 36 mm
September 0.0 0 h 13 °C 103 mm
October 0.0 0 h 11 °C 176 mm
November 0.0 0 h 6 °C 89 mm
December 1.0 9 h 3 °C 156 mm

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Technical details of Besseyrou spot

N: Not rideable NNE: Not rideable NE: Not rideable ENE: Not rideable E: Not rideable ESE: Not rideable SE: Not rideable SSE: Not rideable S: Depending on conditions SSW: Rideable SW: Rideable WSW: Rideable W: Rideable WNW: Rideable NW: Depending on conditions NNW: Not rideable N E S W

The spot works with winds from SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW.

Depending on conditions: S, NW.

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Spot opening date
Spot opening date
Open all year round
Spot type
Freeride (Ski touring access)
Altitude
1,372 m

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