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Season's events
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MTB and Cycling in Oisans |
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Season's events
Climbing
In this small hidden village, nestled in the mountains at 1,623 m altitude you will hardly ever be disturbed by a car. A steep incline in the hairpin bends makes this climb quite strenuous, but you can at least enjoy this effort in complete serenity in the quietness of this place! This is also where Genepi is grown and its grains are sold in the village. This is a good initiative which helps to protect these aromatic Alpine plants from dying out in those more accessible parts of the mountains.
Follow the RN91 towards Grenoble. After the second kilometre turn left into the Lignarre valley towards the Col d’Ornon. Keep going until you reach Palud. At the restaurant Le Potiron, follow the road descending on the left. This is a shady route through a beech and then Sylvester pine wood.
That little bit further
From Le Villard-Reymond you can cycle to Villard-Notre-Dame on the road leading up to the Col de Solude. Although this road is in poor condition, you can use it to catch up with itinerary no. 8 over this charming stretch of 3.5 km, and from there you can go back to Bourg-d’Oisans!
Genepi
Genepi is the name of several aromatic Alpine plants (Artemisia Nivalis), the vast majority of which grows between 2,000 to 3,800 m high. This downy dwarf plant is harvested in August to be macerated in alcohol.
Here is a recipe based on 40 grains of Genepi:
1 litre of alcohol - 40 lumps of cane sugar
Put the sugar and the genepi in 40 cl of boiling water to make a syrup. Pour it all into a large bowl or jar with alcohol and leave it for 40 days before filtering the potion. Another very simple recipe consists of macerating the plant, the sugar and the alcohol for a long period of time. This drink is to be consumed in moderate quantities.
"The car is too fast, walking is too slow. The bicycle is just nicely in between." André Billy
