General DescriptionThe ski resort of Les Deux Alpes is situated in the Oisans area of the Isère department in the Northern Alps.

A return to classic style after a few weeks of skating. Working on weight transfer for both kick double pole (pas d'un) and diagonal stride (alternatif) techniques. 4m49/km which is not too bad.

The climb was harder at the end than I remembered. In general it felt quite easy, not like I was really killing it. It took 32m44s for the complete climb with a VAM of over 900.

I'd not climbed this way at all last year due to lockdown and covid so I wanted to see if I'd improved a bit. Well yes.

North to South, or South to North? That is the question and it is not entirely simple to resolve.

The annual "leave your car at home" event. To amuse the crowds (which it did) I went by rollerski/skating to work.

A little tour on classic rollerskis to move the legs a bit. Not too quick, balance a bit better after some recent practice but more work to do.

Skied with Stein from Norway who really knows what he is doing and can easily maintain 3min/km on classic, a lot faster than me.

I'd not ridden on the road much of late, bad back in July and lack of time in August.

We took the bus from Crolles to les 7 Laux for 1 euro, bike included. Not bad value.