Some PRs despite the less than perfect ski conditions:    PR on Grimpée de l'Herse (19:08)    PR on Côte des Playeres (12:50)    PR on Climb from St Hilair

A bit of spring crust skiing... on New Year's day. Refreeze was pretty good with perhaps 5-10cm of refrozen snow.

Return to St Hilaire for the first time alpine skiing for 3 season, I think. There was no-one here, maybe 10 people skiing in total. A bit sad for the resort but it was Christmas morning.

A rapid return trip on the piste of St Hilaire. Quite a lot of debris in places which slows you down. Also quite windy heading out.

After yesterdays partial grooming I had an idea they would finish the job to St Hilaire and so it was.

After going to the col de Marcieu in the morning - red not pisted, blue and green in thick freezing fog I looked for sun and decided to re-go-out to the Col de Porte which the webcam showed to be abov

Probably the start of winter. Obviously the road ins't pisted yet so we climbed the traditional way, taking relays to make the classic tracks.

A lunch skate, I'd wanted to do a couple of climbs up the Chartreux hill but broke the tip of my pole on the hard tarmac, will have to see about repairing it now.

2m33 for the Chartreux climb compared to 2m49 last time on classic RS and 1m46 on skate skis. Still that's 50% slower on classic so room for some improvement.

Quick ride over the Coteau with tot, we didn't go too far as it was getting a bit gloomy. Pleasant temperature.