50 km of pistes cross country runs for classic and skating. 2.5km of greens, 14km of blues, 23 km of reds and 7.5 km black with two practise areas.

Start at the Col des Ayes car park after the final left hand hair pin about 400 meters before the col.

Les monts d'Or is a small range of hills to the north east of Lyon about 15km long.  The high point is Mont Verdun at 626m.

A serious tour along the cycle path to St Gervais then up and over the Rencurel pass before dropping down to take the Gorges de Bourne but as you can see from the GPS map they were closed.

50km loop linking the lakes Orta and Maggiore via the summit of the Mottarone mountain. The Orta lake road is u quite busy as is the road from Lake Maggiore to Gravellone Toce.

From the parking at Prabert (pont de la Betta 1336m after March) follow the GR549 trail to the Habert d'Aiguebelle at 1800m. Continue east to the Pas de la Coche (2030 m).

From car park at the old hospital (les établissements) continue south on a track for 600m before zigzagging to a crossroads (1km). Continue up the slope to the Cabane de Berger (2.

A very pleasant loop just over the mythic 100km barrier for Stravassholes! :-) First big alpine col loop for me a long time for me. The Madeleine is a hors category category climb.

Decided to meet the missus and one of her friends in Grenoble for lunch. The idea was to cycle in and come back by car.