Date: Tuesday 19th June
Route: Les Deux Alpes
Distance: N/a
Ascent: Mountain Bike descent
Information: Les Deux Alpes is a ski resort in the French Isère region. The village sits at 1650m (5,413 ft.) and lifts run to 3600m (11,811 ft.). It has the largest skiable glacier in Europe and is France’s second oldest ski resort.
The “two Alps” in the name do not refer to the two mountains that the resort encompasses but rather the two villages of Vénosc and Mont-de-Lans that sit at either end of the north-south plateau on which the resort was built.
Les Deux Alpes has featured in several Tour De France stages and is associated with a Marco Pantani memorial event annually.
In summer, Les Deux Alpes becomes a popular venue for downhill and freeride mountain biking, with access to the glacier via the Jandri Express gondola lift.
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