Samoens descent plus extras 1
The weather and riding this week has been top notch. Today did not disappoint either. 100% sunshine and dry trails. We set off with Nic, Robin, Suzzanne, Graham, Keith and Sian. We managed to get out before the crowds and went up the Pleney, Chavannes and the Nauchets and headed around to the cafe at the top of the Joux Plan for an obligatory coffee at 11am. This must have been one of the busiest days out in the mountains so far this year. There were walkers everywhere and everyone running the restaurants were stressed. I guess the summer must be nearly over. Everything will start to get quieter from this weekend.
The Bourgeoise descent was brilliant as always, we did the singletrack variation and the “extension” do land in Samoens for lunch at the Bar Savoie for 1pm. In the afternoon we went up the GME to Samoens 1600m, descended “53″ and the it was heads down to Taninges (via a swim in the water ski lake). Finished off with a Ben and Gerry in Taninges.
So – a great end to a brilliant week.
All the stats here
http://www.mtbguru.com/trip/show/10769-active-log
And pictures here.
I forgot to mention that Keith (Perfect Balance Cycles) left us in Samoens and headed 900m over the Col du Golese and beat us home by 15minutes! Good effort.
Definitely a cracking day out, by the end of the day it all seemed to have been over far too quickly. Compared to what we’ve got here in Hampshire the descents made me feel quite novice like. Next time I’ll stay longer and bring a road bike as well for a bit of climbing practice.