I've filed this under mountain biking but I was on a road bike with 28mm tires. A bit of gravel in the valley then a longish climb on gravel. This was more or less ok.

Return to St Hilaire du Touvet for a few runs after it had been shut for a couple of years due to lack of snowLargely seemed to be locals up on the plateau des Petites Roches.

Got up early - 9.15 to get a space at the trailhead car park. There is only room for half a dozen cars. Already some people skiing when I arrived.

First ski tour of the new season. I took nordic skis. Roads were clear of snow to 1350 meters and the FL was around about this altitude according to the car thermometer.

DescriptionFrom the Pucelles loop on the RD106, take the Sentier de la Vie towards Trou Poussebou then Bois de Poussebou (yellow and green markings).

The bike path from Tencin has been extended all the way to Pontcharra over the summer so I decided to check it out, at least as far as Le Cheylas reservoir, Pontcharra is just a bit beyond.

I wanted to retry this route but in the direction I originally planned via the Col de la Croix de Ban -> Col de Luere -> Col de Malval -> Col de Pars -> Châteauvieux.

The Crêt de l'oeillon is a bit like le Mont Ventoux for the Lyonnais. A mythic summit that you can see in the distance from downtown Lyon. The climate this autumn hadn't been bike friendly.

Variation on last year's theme. I wanted to ski roue along the coast to Ronco but there is a lot of up and down which I didn't fancy.

This 8km segment, from Tencin to after Goncelin has just been surfaced. It forms part of the AF3V / V63 cycle path that will link Grenoble with...