In Vallnord even a fucking retard can spend all day going down & up the mountain all day no problem. In Alpe d'Huez you need to connect shit and all that.

They have lifts

You have lifts but the place is so big you basically have to connect them and some places are basically dead-ends so you gotta pedal for many minutes to get to another place so you can go back up and all that.

Look at this fucking behemoth of a map.

Click on it, then "open original", it's HUGE.

They all the runs....that huge

If you ever do something like EN4 you end up on Allemont (left side of the map), which leaves you with no way to get back up.

Fuck...cant you park your car there first..

Either you calculate that to be your last run of the day or you need some proper outside help so they can get you to Vaujany or Oz Station, both around 500m over Allemont (quite a climb).

EN5 also sends you to Allemont.

EN6 as well.

Damn...you need a support car dude..

Vallnord is nice (not as big, DUH) but way friendlier.

It's kinda funny that, without support, Vallnord actually offers a BIGGER vertical drop than Alpe d'Huez.

If you got help it's definitely bigger but you're gonna need a very supportive friend/relative so they can get you back up the hill a couple of times between morning and the early afternoon.

When I go to Vallnord either I go alone (there's enough traffic on the mountain, unlikely for me to die alone) or my parents get me there, then leave me alone for like 7-8 hours.

Die alone...hahaha.....atleast someone will be there to watch you die...

The mountain patrol is linked to 🇦🇩's only and really good hospital, I've seen the helicopter come pick people up.

You might of inspired me to get the mountain bike out in the nest few weeks dude..

I once saw the helicopter pick one of my friends up.

Atleast someone will come and get you dude...

· I convince a friend to come to Vallnord for a day
· Ready the car and gear the night before
· Wake up at 6:15
· Pick him up at 7:00
· Arrive at 🇦🇩 at like 9:15
· Pick his rented stuff (gear and a bicycle much better than mine)
· Eat something
· Hit the 1st trail (blue one, 2nd-easiest level)
· He does an endo and breaks his hip

I've never had any half-decent injury going downhill and the fucker broke his damn hip after less than 3 minutes.

I was leading, I heard the "bump" against the ground, I park my bicycle and start hearing him scream in pain. I got next to him and went like "Kane (his online name), tell me you're one big whining pussy and that it ain't so bad".

"No! No! No! Call the mountain patrol, this fucking hurts for real!"

I've crashed many many times but never got injured, not even close except for that one time I swear to God my kinda-flexible joints saved me from obliterating my right knee.

Hahahhaha.... poor fucker

I had done some cross-country with him, his riding skills aren't exactly awful, I guess he wasn't familiar with the bicycle and just tried too hard too soon.

The problem with unexpected endos is that you tend to swing to either side. That means that, when you crash, you're gonna land on your side, which can easily lead to a broken hip and similar injuries.

I think I'll be choosing a nice and easy run dude to start with

Blues are easy, I swear.

Greens are almost too mellow, you might even need to pedal and stuff.

Blues rarely have any obstacles, you just have to brake and turn in a half-decent way.

https://stilecop.com/trails/

Reds start to get sketchy, the runs can get a bit vertical and you're gonna find your first rock gardens and similar stuff.

That's the one at cannock

Blacks are insane that no dude that works Monday-to-Friday should even bother trying. Fuck'em.

You use a different color system.

I've always found that so annoying!

I didn't realise that

In Spain/Andorra/France I know it's green-blue-red-black.