Col du Galibier vía Col du Telegraphe es la subida más grande de Francia en términos de aumento de la altitud. Puedo conseguir a la base de Telegraphe de hogar sobre una hora forty-five - como comienza a la derecha al lado de un autoroute - dulce.

Qué gran día de Bastille. Doreen y yo iniciamos a Columna de la Colombiere para mirar el viaje de Francia. ¡Gente y cyclists por todas partes y caliente!
Montamos para arriba con Brian - su primera semana en Ginebra y montañas ya que completaban un ciclo. Martin y Barry tomaron el tren de Ginebra y airosamente [...]

En las montan@as, usted puede encontrar siempre nieve - si usted pasa a ALTO bastante.
Tenemos skiied muchas veces en Flaine - su probablemente el recurso más alto cerca de Ginebra. Era 25°C (77°F) al principio, pero sabía que la ruta de 21 kilómetros con 1.350 metros de la subida me conduciría a un tiempo más fresco, [...]

Un paseo grande con Martin en algunos caminos reservados, escénicos.
Después de que un comienzo lento y un neumático plano, mi primer día en cortocircuitos implicaran una subida desafiadora encima del Saleve. Si usted mira la carta de la elevación abajo, usted puede ver que tomamos la manera más gradual para arriba aunque es absolutamente escarpados [...]

The plan was a loop starting in Taninges, up to Col de la Ramaz, down the other side (which I climbed last April), and back to Taninges. Good Plan!
The secret of this route is to take the tiny route D307 out of Taninges and not the far busier D902. The routes run parallel [...]

Parts of this climb are steep! With a 4 kilometre stretch averaging 12%

I usually do this almost 40 kilometre loop in the other direction, for a more gradual climb up the saleve. But I decided to do the steep way today, although I brought a hybrid bike so i [...]

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 [...]

A beautiful, quiet road in the pictoresque Vallée Verte (only about 20 miles from us). Quite steep in parts, the route ends at a little plateau with a farm at the foot of the highest point in the area. I got off the bike and hiked the last steep kilometre to a beautiful [...]

The last day of vacation. Climbing Alpe d’Huez is a great way to end a great trip. I woke up early and descended to the bottom of mountain. I tried to ride a few flat kilometres to warm up before the ride but it is the biggest travel day of the year and so I [...]

What a ride. It started as a quiet, flat ride along the beautiful Lake Annecy bike path with Doreen. But after 20 kms we came to the start of the Col de la Forclaz. I had watched the 2004 Tour de France up this Col. Its a short (8.5 kms) but terrific climb along a [...]