Overview

Snowkite

Saint-Jean is a snowkite spot in the Barcelonnette / Ubaye valley area of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, at 1864m altitude. This high-altitude valley in the Southern Alps offers snowkite practice in winter on the wide snow-covered meadows and plateau areas typical of the Ubaye.

Mountain snowkite spot — wind conditions are typical of Alpine valleys with channeled and sometimes gusty winds. Check local avalanche bulletins and weather forecasts carefully before riding. A remote and spectacular Alpine setting far from the crowds.

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Spot forecast for Saint Jean

Sunrise 07:55 · Sunset 18:42

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

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Saint Jean: 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

53h

in January · 8.5 rideable days

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

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 89%13-20 knots · 10%21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 89% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 2 °C. The wettest month is October, with 184 mm. Snow depth peaks in January, at 9 cm.

Monthly averages: Saint Jean

Monthly averages — Saint Jean — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	8.5	53 h	2 °C	86 mm
February	0.5	1 h	4 °C	56 mm
March	1.5	11 h	5 °C	92 mm
April	0.5	2 h	8 °C	84 mm
May	0.0	0 h	10 °C	101 mm
June	0.0	0 h	17 °C	136 mm
July	0.0	0 h	19 °C	56 mm
August	0.0	0 h	20 °C	78 mm
September	0.0	0 h	12 °C	165 mm
October	0.0	0 h	10 °C	184 mm
November	3.0	20 h	5 °C	78 mm
December	1.0	7 h	3 °C	39 mm

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Technical details of Saint Jean spot

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

Depending on conditions: N, S, SSW, NNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Spot type: Freeride (Ski touring access)
Altitude: 1,864 m

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