Saturday, 5 May 2012

TDR - The Dorenaz Ride

After a lots of yes, no, on, off, cancelled and not cancelled we set of for Dorenaz....Alpine missed his train, Dopey forgot his helmet and Missile left his morning coffee at the fuel station, but after some rushing we found ourselves in the cable car going up.

Riders: Alpine on his new carbon rig, Missile and Dopey.
Cancelations: Nascar and a last minute Nameless...(does he wants to get famous for this?)
The weather: wet track at departure....Valaisanne sunny most of the ride. See pics...!
Up: 1.330m
Down: 2.700m
Length: 28km
Highest altitude: 1.800m
Runs: 2
New trails: 3...!
Switch backs: + 40
Smiles: plenty!
Lunch: Saussige de Vaud at the Dorenaz fete de Village.
The pics!
Points: Dopey organizing +1, all riding +1, Alpine OTB with snowy face plant +1. Dopey -1 for forget his butsmuts (helmet).
Missile...vroooaaming along the slippery rock!

Sliding through the woods!

Crepe in the telecabine!

Sunny views after 1.330m up...time to go down.

Sliding his new rig around the corner.

Missile style!

Alpine talking about the mountains...geology. Sorry, I lost
you there for a moment!


Alpine and his black and green Dorenaz friends!


2 comments:

  1. Oh yes that was great ! My legs still remember of the no-race with missile in the last 400 meters ascent ... But that was worth the value, what an endless secret spot downhill we found ! Technical but flowy, demanding but rideable (most of the time), steep but not exposed, and so many hairpins !
    Huge !

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  2. GRAND!!!!! ......He liked it!! We liked it!! WE LOVED IT!!!
    Nice photos Dopey!!

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