From St Ismier, climbed to the Tour d'Arces than past the Pierre Grosse (large rock), continue 500 meters.

We probably should have ridden against the wind to start with as it was very hard getting home across the Steppes of the Gresivaudan.

This is becoming our regular winter ride but the singles are too wet at the moment until I service my front fork.

This is a good option if it is damp as the tow paths along the side of the Isere are well drained. You can ride as far as the Grenoble and beyond but pick up a surfaced path at Gieres going south.

Longish tour of the Gresivaudan valley with tot. The idea had been to take gravel trails to avoid the mud.

JG wanted to check out the wrecked car and get its license plate to see if it was still registered, it is not. It must have been in the woods above the Croix du Trousset for 20 years.

We'd not been through the rock garden on the single du Champ Bertin since it rained a couple of weeks back (too greasy) but today the approaches were dry which was a good sign.

JG, Matt and I decided to do a short loop via the Chemin de la Pivolle and Croix du Trousset singletracks. The Pivolle is great climbing or descending.

With the end of the lockdown we decided to push out a little bit to this classic switchback descent. Unfortunately it started to rain, hard just as we were arriving.

Taking advantage of the end of lockdown we rode across town on the bikepath then up the zigzag trail at Montfort to come back along the Coteaux trail.