Ah to be honest
It was completely my own fault and the corner was well marked by the event.
Some of the bigger descents were not timed.
Hey there, I did mid-volume, with climbing for specialty. My experience of high volume is just burns me out; mid was plenty. Lmk any other questions; itâs such a great event.
Rev Nathan Detering
Senior Minister
UUAC at First Parish in Sherborn, MA
revnathan@uuac.org
Ultimate Guide for Alps and Dolomites are out.
No timing detail yet. Really interested to see how that goes, and how many descents and flat sections are going to be timed.
Do you have any advice on Harz for road bikers? Going there for 3 days, would love some good insights
Does anybody know when registration for the 2022 Haute Route events will start? Iâm planning on doing Crans Montana (Switserland).
Likely after the reveal next week.
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Ai, Crans Montana isnât on the agenda for 2022. Got to reconsider my plan. They have Alpe dâHuez in June and Davos in September.
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Really looking forward to the Route reveal. Dolomites has gotten an extra 1000m of climbing, 95km in distance and a 1450m elevation Time trial.
The TT sounds interesting, because there arenât that many climbs with such elevation gain.
@mountainrunner going to be at Haute Route Davos 2022?
I put it on the calendar as a TBC. HR Alpe DâHuez is on my calendar, too. The last time I rode there was 2004 to ride the stages before the Tour. Iâm sure it looks the same 
You?
AdH is on the List for me, too. Our plan is actually that my wife will do the compact version!
I was thinking of which other event to go for and rn I am thinking of going Alps.
My parents live in Nice, where the event starts, so I can combine a visit there with the event starting out there.
I will see how many climbs theyâll include that I want to go for.
Alpe dâHuez apparently not the Time trial this year, with the TT being listed at 900m elevation gain. I would actually like the TT not be on Alpe, if Iâm doing the Alpe event that year.
So in case the course goes over at least three bucket list climbs I have yet to ride, I will likely go for that 
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Registrations open 14 Oct 2021
Looking at the Pyrenees again for 2022 and i plan on not crashing this time 
, and maybe Davos too.
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For those who have done Haute Route Alpe dâHuez before: are the rides in that area very technical (going down-hill I mean)?
I completed Haute Route Alps this year. I wouldnât worry too much about going downhill although I appreciate that some people are nervous about going down.
The going uphill part is the problem ⌠climb after climb ⌠day after day ⌠for seven days!
But, donât stress too much. Just do it!
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The hairpins on Alpe dâHuez are fairly technical. But generally Haute Route doesnât time the downhill sections, so you can go as slow (or fast) as you want.
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Updated the Thread to become a general âparticipants threadâ. The idea being, that all future and former participants can likely benefit from each otherâs experience.
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Just reread this thread, there is so much good advice I wish I had taken!
Iâm finally going to being doing my 1st Haute Route event (Ventoux) in about a week, so very excited about that.
Still trying to figure out my nutrition plan. Was thinking 800g bottle with 60g carbs in it plus either a bit of banana loaf (25g) or gels later on.
Iâm used to putting more carbs in a bottle than this and have thought about putting 120g and drinking half of this per hour, so could theoretically go for 4 hours before needing to stop.
Not yet sure how often the food stops come, or if they will be on the timed parts of the course or not.
Using Ventoux as a bit of a practise run as I have an infinity pass which I pushed back to 2022.
Will be interesting to see how I stand up after the training I have done. Been working hard and pretty consistent with my TR sessions, but my FTP hasnât moved much.
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The feed stations should be in the ride with gps route maps app, usually of the top of major peaks and after timed sections finish.
Not sure if it still available online, it might be available to get the day before the event, but you can get a kitbrix bag and fill it with your own stuff that will be available at the feed station. Socks gloves gels bottles bars etc. It is very sizeable. Handy to ensure you are consistent with the fuel you are comfortable with.
Thanks for the info.
HR have now sent out the code to login to HR Ventoux ridewithgps page, which is really useful as it helps me plan my nutrition a bit.
I think iâm going to have my bag down at the event village rather than the top as I donât want to have to carry a bag down the descent.
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