Today the road from Allevard to Super Collet was closed to motor traffic from 9 am to midday as part of the Closed Cols operation.

I had a little over an hour before lunch, so I headed out for a short ride in the Grésivaudan, starting with the new cycle path from Brignoud towards Tencin.

This was a two day cycling adventure linking three well known cycle routes: the ViaRhôna, the Dolce Via and the Via Fluvia.

Late afternoon ride out into the Monts d'Or above Lyon, rolling out just after 17:00 in warm, almost perfect conditions.

Spring crust skiing on the plateau

I set out with a simple plan: climb up and drop into Yzeron via Saint-Laurent-de-Vaux, then link the small cols before heading back toward Lyon.

We decided to make the weekend of the 17th our final piste outing of the season.

I marked the first lake swim of the year with a quick outing to Grand Parc de Miribel-Jonage, heading for the Lac des Eaux Bleues. I rode out from central Lyon along the Rhône’s right-bank towpath.

It felt ambitious for early season—just over 100 km on the bike but the route had a certain logic to it: two halves of roughly 50 km, stitched together by a single, steady climb of more than 1,000 met

This morning we headed up to Les 7 Laux ski resort. With Tot nursing a bad back and me still feeling yesterday’s effort from helping a neighbour move furniture, we didn’t get going until around 10:30.