Not been much activity here for a bit, there’s been some races (Les Orres and Valloire Coupe du France Enduro, the latter’ll do for the photos), some riding of trails I’ve already written about and an injured wrist, but mostly I’ve lost my psyche for writing.
You can tell I’ve lost my psyche because I’m using words like psyche. I’d hate ‘psyche’ even more than ‘bants’ if it wasn’t for the racist/sexist/homophobic connotations you get with banter, but it’s still high up in my list of words wot I don’t like.
Other things I don’t like? Lift closing dates, so let’s get all the hate out in one go. Here’s a list of lift closing dates, usual caveats of subject-to-change apply, don’t expect the dates to extend though.
Vallorcine 30th August
Flegere 6th September
Grand Montets 13th September
Brevent 20th September (re-opens 17th October to 6th November)
Prarion 20th September
Le Tour 20th September
Tramway du Mont Blanc 27th September
Bellevue 27th September
And but a short roadtrip away
Grand Massif 28th Aug: http://ete.grand-massif.com/ouverture
La Thuile 30th Aug: http://www.lathuile.it/datapage.asp?id=211&l=1&s=E
Portes du Mont Blanc 30th Aug: http://www.combloux.com/en/activities/summer/pass.html
Tignes / Val d’Isere 30th Aug (still FREE up till then): http://www.tignes.net/en/summer-sports/free-and-a-la-carte-activities-252.html
Pila 6th Sept…..probably: http://www.pila.it/en/holidays/tariffe/tessere-a-punti/
Portes du Soliel starts closing the weekend of 30th August and is mostly closed by the 4th, except Champery & Morgins which keeps going to 29th Sept: http://en.portesdusoleil.com/summer-lifts.html
Verbier 21st Sept then reduced hours until 25th Oct (if weather’s ok): http://www.verbierbikepark.ch/horaires_fr.php
And assorted other wee places which have been written about more than enough on the internet already, if you don’t know about them then put some effort in for yourself.
If I don’t get any love for writing again soon, I’ll do an extensive list of words I don’t like instead.
