The ski resort of Chamrousse had decided to open the main gondola lift for the May bank holidays.

Traditional end of season at les Arcs. We had monster snow fall a week ago but no sign of it now with lots of bare slopes.

A little blast around the pistes of Allevard. No real queues for the end of the holidays but quite a few kids groups on the slopes so quite busy. The snow is holding up quite well.

Run along the banks of the Saone. As I got closer to the peninsula the wind got stronger. The target was 5m45s for each km. I didn't quite manage it.

Run along the Saone from work. First of 2025. Pace was an apparently leisurely 6m09s for 5k at 155bpm with the fastest 1k split at 5m41s.

Last cross country ski this Christmas. I wanted to try out some Atomic Gen skis - these are shaped cross country skis a bit like cross country carving skis.

The avalanche risk finally dropped enough to open the Beldina nordic ski area; part of the 7 Laux ski area.

First alpine ski of the season. Absolutely nobody around so we managed to cover quite a bit of ground.

Same route as Friday but on the new bike. A bit hotter todayClimb (24m46s. Average HR 163bpm. VAM 859m) 25m34, 164bpmDescent (6m50s. Max speed 62.9km/h, 48.6km/h ave) 6m17s, ave 52.9 km/h, max 69.

My idea was to test an old bike against a new bike over the same circuit.Climb is 4.04 km over 355 vertical meters giving 8.8% with sections over 10%. 24m46s. Average HR 163bpm. VAM 859mDescent is 5.