No snow for cross country so a little cycle ride to blow out the work cob webs.

I currently have a my winter bike - an 8 sp Giant, a bit heavy at 14kg. I don't really understand how it is so heavy really. Clearly aluminium frames are not that light.

Return to the Plan des Hotonnes. It is a pretty flat ski area and you don't really have any long runs like some other small ski areas. Great for families. However no stones this time compared to 2023.

Return to le Retord as tot wanted to do a bit of alpine skiing but didn't want to stay too long either.

Snow is back. I heard that le Bessat, around 65km from Lyon, was open but wasn't sure about the snow. In fact pistes were well prepared, especially on the main trail.

The snow all melted during the week (in the Jura/Massif Central) so back to bike.

We set out from Lyon at 6am and arrived just after 8. We had expected more traffic, we were always with cars on the way up but things were moving. None of the snowmaggedon of the last weekend.

Classic skiing. The return of snow at the Plan des Hotonnes / Plateau de Retord this Sunday after about a month.

A very cold ride to run in my change of tires from some commuter stuff to Michelin Lithion 4s.

Last Sept Laux of the holidays and first of 2026. We skied fairly cool as the snow was pretty hard in places but if you ski from the top of the Oursiere to le Pleynet it is grand.