An afterwork, this time on skate skis so a bit quicker. The conditions were good up on the higher part of the trail with cold snow.

I took off work an hour early to head to the Col de Marcieu nordic trails. They had been pisted and reopened following fresh snow but there were a few reports of lack of depth.

Short tour with junior (who was testing lighter TSL snow shoes) to l'Alpette which is a small field (hence the name) on the Aulp du Seuil climb.

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

Climb to the Charmant Som this time on classic skis. There were no tracks. The climb to the Oratoire took 43m10, last time in March on classic skis was 36:36.

I arrived early at the Col de Porte as it has been rammed in previous weeks. Even before 9am there were quite a lot of cars.

I'd heard the Chemin de l'Herse had been pisted at the weekend for cross country skiing.

Tot was moaning about the ski resorts being closed so I suggested we climb to the top of the ski runs at St Hilaire.

I decided to enter the Toppidrettsveka - Virtual rollerski challenge.

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.