Lac du Guéry
A 500-metre drag lift on the shore of a high Auvergne lake, straddling two communes, which closed in the 1990s and was pulled out in 2008; only its concrete footings remain.
- Region
- Auvergne
- Country
- France
- Status
- abandoned
- Year opened
- early 1970s
- Year closed
- 1990s
- Reason for closure
- Isolation and insufficient snowfall. The lift closed during the 1990s and its owner dismantled it in 2008.
History
The Lac de Guéry is the highest lake in the Auvergne, on the pass between Le Mont-Dore and Orcival in the Monts Dore, with an eighteenth-century inn on its shore. A single drag lift of about 500 m was put in on the south-east facing slope in the early 1970s, its line crossing the boundary between two communes, and it never grew beyond that - too isolated and too short of snow to become a station proper. It closed during the 1990s and the owner dismantled it in 2008. What is left are the concrete bases of the stations and pylons, identifiable by the wooden posts that mark them. Cross-country skiing continues on the north side of the lake at Cap Guéry. The lift's manufacturer, its exact opening and closing years and any piste name are not recorded.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Platter | A single detachable drag lift of roughly 500 m on a south-east facing slope, unusual in that its line straddled the boundary between two communes. Installed in the early 1970s and taken down in 2008; the concrete bases of the stations and pylons survive, marked by wooden posts |
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Location
45.6153, 2.8221