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The route from the Brevent to Sixt. 27km distance with 1300m of climbing and a whopping 3020m of descent.
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Climbing down the ladders right at the start. There are a couple of Chamois grazing just above the boys.
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Riding down from the Col du Brevent. From the ladders to here we had to carry/push the bikes but from here on it was about 95% rideable.
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There were quite a lot of these snow patches. There was a noticable improvement in riding them by the end of the day.
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The trail goes down the the valley below before climbing the other side to the col just to the right of the grey cliffs.
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The little streams crossing the track often provided quite challenging sections.
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Crags and boulders everywhere.
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Climbing up to the Refuge du Col d'Anterne. The snow patch just above John's right hand is the one from the third photo.
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Riding past the Lac d'Anterne.
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Our own Chamonix slick rock trail
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Heading down to the Chalets d'Anterne. After this there is another 200m of climbing then it is all downhill.
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The start of the final descent. 1300m of fast singletrack followed by fast 4X4 track.
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On descents this good you hardly get a chance to stop for pics.
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