Taking the Prarion Telecabine from Les Houches, the ride started with a descent down Hughes Way (see the Chamonix Bike Book) before climbing to Sainte Nicolas de Veroce and onto la Croix du Christ (1942m).
I then descended to Megeve Airport before climbing again to Col du Very. The main aim of this ride was to investigate the path from Col du Very to Col du Joly and the descent to Contamines. Although knackered by the time I reached the path it turned out to be a bit of nice singletrack descending at first before a hike a bike section up to Chalets du Joly. From here the track traverses for a bit before descending to Contamines. The initial plann was to ride back up to Col du Voza and descend to Les Houches but with tired legs opted for the train back to Chamonix from Le Fayet. Rather than ride along the road I used the bits of track and odd bit of singletrack running along the road finishing on the "pipeline" from St Gervais to Le Fayet (again from the Chamonix Bike book).
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I then descended to Megeve Airport before climbing again to Col du Very. The main aim of this ride was to investigate the path from Col du Very to Col du Joly and the descent to Contamines. Although knackered by the time I reached the path it turned out to be a bit of nice singletrack descending at first before a hike a bike section up to Chalets du Joly. From here the track traverses for a bit before descending to Contamines. The initial plann was to ride back up to Col du Voza and descend to Les Houches but with tired legs opted for the train back to Chamonix from Le Fayet. Rather than ride along the road I used the bits of track and odd bit of singletrack running along the road finishing on the "pipeline" from St Gervais to Le Fayet (again from the Chamonix Bike book).
Click here for GPS route info
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