We drove around and up the approach road, all the way into the main town centre, very much a concrete jungle, not much of the original village is left, just a series of rectangular towers.... and parked in one of the multi-story car-parks, before heading for the obvious cable car lift... I wanted to make the most of the opportunity and explore the opportunities that we had for touring from here at some future date ..
There were some well documented tours from the high point of the lifts to Pointe d'Anterne - but we were not really prepared for it to-day, and would need to be earlier.. however it looked like a good route to begin a tip with.
We spent the rest of the day exploring the various trails and off-piste opportunities around the bowl that makes up Flaine. the one point of notice was the descent of a route called "Styx" which dropped down to the lac de Gers where we had been the days before - this was open, but the descent to Sixt was not - for obvious reasons.
At the begining of this route there was a large sign indicating the serious nature of the route , and only "experts" should entertain taking it - red rag to Bryon who was half way past the sign before reading it! the run was well used but not pisted, so made for an interesting descent with large mogul fields. However it was the poma lift back up that caused more concern, as it had a really vicious start.After all this fun it was time to return to the gite an plan for the next day - hopefully into the mountains.