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Yep, the descent using Alpe road to La Garde is around 8km and as you said it would be really difficult to secure the road. Maybe then instead of descending, do the short climb to Alpe d'Huez and then descent via Sarennes and then climb back again, this time all the way up.
Anyway the climb from Allemond via Villard Reculas to the Alpe road is around 11,4km with 750m ascend. The road is in good condition and it is a very nice climb. After Villard Reculas there is a short descent.
One option in the opposite side of the valley would be to do the Ornon - Villard-Reymond - Villard-Notre-Dame loop, but these roads are very narrow and the connecting road between Villard-Reymond - Villard-Notre-Dame is not asphalt. I rode from Ornon to Villard-Reymond, but didn't do the connecting road because of the snow. I haven't been in Villard-Notre-Dame, but as someone mentioned the road back to Bourg d'Oisans is very tricky, narrow, steep with some very dark, narrow tunnels.
Libertine Seguros said:This would result in descending half of the Alpe climb to get from where the Villard-Reculas and Alpe d'Huez roads meet to the road from La Garde to Le Freney d'Oisans, right? If so, I can't imagine that will be possible, simply because of the amount of fans that will line the road that the riders are trying to descend.bonaqua said:After descending from Col du Glandon or Col du Croix de Fer, one option for the new route would be Allemond - Villard Reculas - La Garde - Le Freney d'Oisans - Le Bourg-d'Oisans - Alpe d'Huez. Really nice, small roads (D211B and D211A) and more climbing before MTF in Alpe d'Huez. I rode those roads on March.
Yep, the descent using Alpe road to La Garde is around 8km and as you said it would be really difficult to secure the road. Maybe then instead of descending, do the short climb to Alpe d'Huez and then descent via Sarennes and then climb back again, this time all the way up.
Anyway the climb from Allemond via Villard Reculas to the Alpe road is around 11,4km with 750m ascend. The road is in good condition and it is a very nice climb. After Villard Reculas there is a short descent.
One option in the opposite side of the valley would be to do the Ornon - Villard-Reymond - Villard-Notre-Dame loop, but these roads are very narrow and the connecting road between Villard-Reymond - Villard-Notre-Dame is not asphalt. I rode from Ornon to Villard-Reymond, but didn't do the connecting road because of the snow. I haven't been in Villard-Notre-Dame, but as someone mentioned the road back to Bourg d'Oisans is very tricky, narrow, steep with some very dark, narrow tunnels.