Take it that was a joke?!
OK, thanks – this is looking to be a sweet trip. Keep it flexible, but something like, days 1-3 we’ll ride Les Houches (Bionnassay descent, if possible), Le Tour and Emosson/Dorenaz; Day 4 we’ll traverse from Brevent to Grenairon (I don’t know if we could do the massive 5 hour ride and then the 4 hour push from Sixt up to Grenairon in a single day; we’ll probably need lights for the push and my companions might revolt at spending that much time on the trail in any case). Day 5 we’ll do the Buet walk, Day 6 we’ll descend to the valley floor and either do some stuff above Flaine I’m interested in, or just get the train back to CHX from Cluses if there’s no time.
I’ll do the two-day Buet thing the following week, if the weather’s good and no snow.
Might be a bit tight. Plan doesn’t allow for mechanicals/injuries/inevitable July storms/people wanting to spend a day in CHX riding the Midi (shame…), not to mention one of the epics I can’t mention here! I think the people I’m going with in the first week will be happy just with the (great) stuff at Les Houches and Le Tour, if that’s the case I’ll do all this crazy stuff the following week.
There’s so much other good stuff to try too, but never enough time.