A quick trip to Mt Cindre but difficult to find any V+ around Lyon without a lot of riding. I'd been to the Wallace pub for a late breakfast but only had a pint of their weakest beer - the IPA. Had ...

Two mountain resorts in the French Alps: Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse in the Isère and La Sambuy in Haute-Savoie are undergoing removal of their ski lifts, sparking protests, legal disputes, and heated ...

A day of flatter riding with a classic tour of lake Orta from Pettenasco with a little detour to check out the fish ponds of Laghetti di Nonnio. The road up to the ponds has a few steep ramps. Pretty ...

I fancied covering 1000 vertical meters via Miasino this time as the initial climb to Armeno. After Armeno there is a long section over 15% to Cheggio then some even steeper sections - 16-17% above !

The first real snow fell on the 12th December with continuous cover of 40 to 60cm at 1300 meters altitude and 80 to 100cm above 1600m unti early February. This was followed by rain and a thaw in the ...

Little afternoon ride before the TdF finish. The race was 90km from the end so I thought I'd have time to do a quick 30k ride and be back just before the end - like a sprint team trying to catch a ...

New research published in Nature (Lee et al. 2025) suggests that the weakening of the North Atlantic conveyor will not product the bumper winters that many ski enthusiasts had expected. The research ...

A little lunch ride to turn the legs, about 1h10 for the loop and 28 mins for the climb, a bit off my PB but I haven't ridden much this year and it felt sufficiently quick. Faster on the top part of ...

It is like the plot of a bad Agatha Christie novel with ski resorts dying left and right. In the quiet Alpine village of Allos, suspense is mounting, not in a corny novel, but in real life. The fate ...

In February 2024, two groups of climbers were caught in an avalanche at Mont-Dore, in the Puy-de-Dôme region. It was the deadliest avalanche in Auvergne in 50 years. France Television have returned to ...

First longish ride of the year, over 2 hours anyway. I benefited from a tail wind, which was nice and took in some lakes on the ride back. The route is almost entirely on cycle paths with a bit on ...

Very enjoyable morning cruising around the pistes of Chamrousse nordic park. Apart from the very steep walls of the Astragale all the climbs were pleasant as I was able to take them at a reasonable ...