{"id":2090,"date":"2022-03-29T09:47:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T09:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2022-03-29T09:47:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T09:47:19","slug":"the-ultimate-ski-bike-challenge-snow2bike-les-2-alpes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/03\/the-ultimate-ski-bike-challenge-snow2bike-les-2-alpes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Ski\/Bike Challenge: Snow2Bike, Les 2 Alpes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How about this for the ultimate ski\/bike challenge? Next month, to mark the end of the season, Les 2 Alpes hosts the Snow2Bike challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 30 April and 01 May, the Snow2Bike race will give adrenaline junkies the chance to race over the 2500m vertical descent from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/les-deux-alpes\">Les 2 Alpes<\/a> glacier at 3400m to the village of V\u00e9nosc at 960m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2092\" width=\"426\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture-1.jpg 565w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture-1-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture-1-154x190.jpg 154w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture-1-60x74.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture-1-271x335.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Teams of two<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams compete in pairs, with competitors taking part in both the skiing and mountain biking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first section is on skis down to the resort at 1600m, followed by the descent by mountain bike to Venosc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be able to race, each participant has to be able to show sufficient skills in both disciplines to take part. Specifically, you need to be able to take on the black slopes of the ski area as well as the red runs of the Bikepark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snow2Bike 2022 - Teaser officiel\" width=\"510\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YotW94Mvy_0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Route<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Start in pairs at 3400m on the Les 2 Alpes glacier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Ski to the resort, more than 1700m of vertical drop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Swap out of your skis and onto your mountain bike<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Descend \u2013 still in pairs \u2013 from resort to Venosc down another 750m vertical desent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Arrive in the village of Venosc in pairs and celebrate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2091\" width=\"461\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture1.jpg 759w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture1-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture1-187x190.jpg 187w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture1-60x61.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture1-329x335.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accommodation in Les 2 Alpes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/les-deux-alpes\/properties\">accommodation in Les 2 Alpes<\/a>, please contact the Chaletline team on 01822 617761<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/03\/the-ultimate-ski-bike-challenge-snow2bike-les-2-alpes\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture-1-154x190.jpg);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Capture-1-154x190.jpg<\/a><p>How about this for the ultimate ski\/bike challenge? Next month, to mark the end of the season, Les 2 Alpes hosts the Snow2Bike challenge. On 30 April and 01 May, the Snow2Bike race will give adrenaline junkies the chance to &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/03\/the-ultimate-ski-bike-challenge-snow2bike-les-2-alpes\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2093,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions\/2093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}