Another great day of skiing. Today we went to the neighboring La Plagne Ski resort. It is linked to les Arcs by a massive double decker Cable Car that traverses a huge valley.
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Great day skiing on a warm, sunny day.

Whats pink and blue all over and riding a bike?
We are high in the French Alps at Les Arc ski resort. We’re high enough that the skiing looks great - many lower resorts are closed or nearly closed.
Most big cols in France are snowed in and closed. But ski resorts of course […]

Col de la Ramaz last featured in the 2003 Tour de France.  French hero Richard Virenque won the stage and you can still see his name faintly written along the road.
This steady climb really becomes steep and alpine after about 8 kilometres with a narrow stretch along the edge of a cliff that — without […]

Col de l’Arpettaz - 16.5 kms with 1,200 metres vertical climb 
A beautiful route on a tiny farm road with hairpin after hairpin.  Today was significantly warmer than the last few weeks and I was seriously sweating.  At 6 kms I saw a sign saying the road was closed and happily continued in car free bliss.  […]

We just arrived home after a week skiing at Les Arcs France high in the Alps. We stayed in a great resort - Les Arcs 1950 (all parking underground - leading straight to hotel and a quaint village above.

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Unfortunately, we had too much snow. It took us 5 hours to […]

39.0 km
They say that if your toes hurt from the cold, then don’t worry. It’s when you can’t feel them that frostbite starts to set in. Luckily for me my toes just hurt. After a few days of freezing cold and winds upwards of 60kmh, I finally got the courage […]

Biking today and a runner approached from the other direction. None other than my wife Doreen - training for the Geneva marathon in May - her first ever marathon!

I woke up without a cold and super motivated to go cycling. Opened the window and yikes! A foot of snow! So we went for a 9km hike through the woods near home. I’m really wrestling with whether kilometres hiked should count towards my 10,000 goal.