Start of the one of the qualifier heats
Tricky section on the qualifier course
Bit lower down on the qualifier course
Just after the climb on the qualifier course
Top of Pic Blanc
Fun on the snow
Obligatory bikes on balcony shot
Few more here – http://www.flickr.com/photos/18244158@N00/
Really enjoyed it though I didn't do too well – came 134th out of around 200 in my qualifier. Was doing quite well until about mid-way down when the arm pump started to kick in really badly and I had a couple of offs and got passed by loads of people.
Was then in the Affinity 1 but still managed to get clattered on the snow near the top. Had another nasty off and did the rest pretty carefully, ended up in 414th or something in the Affinity, but I was just glad to finish really in the end.
Didn't find the technical level too bad, apart from a few difficult sections which took me a bit to get my head around, but it was more the physical and mental challenge of constantly rough, steep, loose trails, sometimes narrow with reasonable drops to the side. Trying to go flat out for an hour or two on this kind of trail was really hard for me.
I would def do it again, think some slightly longer forks than my Pikes would be ideal, though my Pitch handled it all fine really.