Overview

Snowkite

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?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

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

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

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

Depending on conditions: S, NW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date

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

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