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Les Arcs

By • Jan 13th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, Snow

Whats pink and blue all over and riding a bike?

We are high in the French Alps at Les Arc ski resort. We’re high enough that the skiing looks great – many lower resorts are closed or nearly closed.

Most big cols in France are snowed in and closed. But ski resorts of course keep the roads open. So I tried something a bit crazy and decided to cycle the 26 kilometres from the valley up to the hotel. Fantastic. Luckily with the heat-wave it wasn’t too cold and only a little ice on the roads. By a mile this is the most “support” I have ever received from cars … honking and yelling at the crazy guy.

View in Google Earth

Great fun. Here’s a link showing details of the climb from a couple of summers ago.

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2 Responses »

  1. My Cycling Challenge - The Blog » Blog Archive » January SummaryMy Cycling Challenge - The Blog » Blog Archive » January Summary on February 4th, 2007 at 8:06 am:

    [...] highlight of the month was easily cycling up to Les Arcs ski resort to lots of cars honking at the crazy guy cycling the Alps in January. Also 3 great rides [...]

  2. Cross-Training and Route Planning : Cycling ChallengeCross-Training and Route Planning : Cycling Challenge on January 21st, 2008 at 10:10 pm:

    [...] have cycled up to the resort a couple of times before, but this time it was only skiing. And we skied to near exhaustion every [...]

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