Hard Wood - Alpine Freeride Descent
AlpineRider
Posts: 14
This trail is just amazing. We started out at about 1600m which gave us some 600m of climbing on 4x4 track before we got to the lake at the col du Lauzet, then another 100m of more technical climbing including some carrying to get up to the 2352m col de Moussiere.
The descent from here starts on long fast sections of singletrack with the odd hairpin here and there out in the open well above the tree line. After about 400m of descent you hit the treeline and there are some fast flowing sections cushioned with pine needles that take you down into the steeper section of the valley where the riding becomes a bit more technical and the drops become a bit more noticeable.
The following sections can all be accessed by driving up to the Cabane du Bois Durat and it can be seen on the trail that it is well ridden, the corners are banked up and the trees crossing the trail have all been nicely cut out of the way. This last 600m of descending is fast, flowing and exciting. Best ridden hard on the tail of someone you can just keep up with or trying to get ahead of your main sparring partner.
As you get spat out at the bottom you are drowned by the shrieks and hollers of your fellow riders glorying in an awesome descent.
Cheers
Phil
www.philingle.com
www.alpinebreak.com
www.alpesinfo.com
The descent from here starts on long fast sections of singletrack with the odd hairpin here and there out in the open well above the tree line. After about 400m of descent you hit the treeline and there are some fast flowing sections cushioned with pine needles that take you down into the steeper section of the valley where the riding becomes a bit more technical and the drops become a bit more noticeable.
The following sections can all be accessed by driving up to the Cabane du Bois Durat and it can be seen on the trail that it is well ridden, the corners are banked up and the trees crossing the trail have all been nicely cut out of the way. This last 600m of descending is fast, flowing and exciting. Best ridden hard on the tail of someone you can just keep up with or trying to get ahead of your main sparring partner.
As you get spat out at the bottom you are drowned by the shrieks and hollers of your fellow riders glorying in an awesome descent.
Cheers
Phil
www.philingle.com
www.alpinebreak.com
www.alpesinfo.com
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