I've never nordic skied at les Saisies but we alpine skied here a few years ago and it was very flat so seemed ideal for cross country.

It has snowed a lot during the week, about a meter in total although this has compacted down a bit now.

Session with the SNC classic skiing with Guillaume. Excellent conditions with a return to winter an flurries of snow. The black has reopened (it was covered in spring flowers last week).

I last came this way in 1998 and made exactly the same mistake, climbing via the Bottier chalets rather than taking the normal path.

I decided to head up after work for a final ski at the Col de Marcieu. I was on classic skis and the tracks were made, more or less.

I wanted to cover all the pistes today which I did.

Today we were practising hockey stops, slalom and transitions. Loic had a good tip on V1 transitions from one side to the other which is to do a quick double tap to resynchronize skis and arms.

A return to the Marie. I managed to screw up the entrance and do a loop and land on my head which left me a bit dazed for a minute or two.

I was that motivated on my day off but decided to head out anyway. As the conditions are not great a short classic ski before lunch up the Charmant Som road.

Grand Rocher ski race at Barioz. It is a relay. First part is a 1150 meter skimo race. 120 racers set off in a mass start and there are 5 transitions to do en-route.