Although I had a great day piste skiing at the start of the season at Chamrousse I'd not been back touring this year.

Freezing today I rode as far as the snow although the road was clear to the fort. Cold hands and feet on the climb but warmed up a bit on the descent. St Eynard is certainly steep at the end.

The forecast wasn't great for the weekend so I got up early to look out of the window. The clouds were starting to clear so I headed up to Prabert.

I've not really roller bladed since we left Paris 15 years ago but I've got a bad elbow so it seemed worth a try. Not too bad standing on the skates although it seems a long way off the ground.

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A trip to the "communist" resort of les Karellis. We'd not been here before and so it was a bit of discovery.

Final nordic skiing session of the winter, probably. At least in resort. La Feclaz closed yesterday and I'd hoped things would still be okay for skiing today.

SN Chartrousin were planning on climbing to the summit of the Charmant Som. That meant the road would be pisted and in good condition.

In theory the closing weekend at les 7 Laux although they often extend the season if the conditions are good.

A little afterwork to ski the Cords Passage, a relatively secret descent off the very popular Chamechaude mountain. I stopped at the first step about 80 meters below the final summit.