Col Hunting in the Chartreuse Alps
By Will • Mar 27th, 2011 • Category: Climbs, CyclingA fantastic four col loop through the Chartreuse alps above Chambéry.
Posts Tagged ‘chambery’
Col Hunting Near Lac d’Aiguebelette
By Will • Feb 5th, 2011 • Category: Climbs, CyclingThe goal was to find some new Cols and quiet, scenic roads. Mission accomplished.
Col de l’Epine
By Will • Dec 11th, 2009 • Category: Climbs, CyclingThe road to Epine was signed as closed due to the snow a couple of weeks back – but it was completely clear …. and with the closure also car free.
Col du Marocaz and Col de Champ-Laurent
By Will • Jul 29th, 2009 • Category: Climbs, CyclingFrench Magazine Le Cycle currently has a special edition out, listing what it calls the 50 most beautiful routes in France. Eric and I decided to try one of their more mountainous suggestions.
Mont du Chat – Col du Chat Loop
By Will • Jul 12th, 2009 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, JurasLe cycle magazine once called this possibly the most difficult climb in France. An exaggeration, but tough work!
Col des Prés
By Will • Jan 28th, 2008 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, SnowPré means meadow in French – so Col des Prés clumsily translated means “mountain pass of the meadows.”
Col du Frene and Chateau Miolans
By Will • Sep 4th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, CyclingI am sometimes amazed how few problems I have when route/trip planning. But today was a small exception. I had mapped out an ambitious route through “Le Colombier d’Aillon” region of the Alps (between Chambery and Albertville) over three cols. But half way up the Col de Marocaz I ran into a snag. The route [...]
Col de l’Epine and Col du Chat
By Will • Jun 17th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, CyclingFantastic loop around the Mont du Chat near Lake Bourget with Martin. We packed the car to capacity as Doreen came along and – still recovering from a cold – did three 17 km loops around Lake Aiguebelette – while Martin and I climbed a little. This loop is incredibly scenic and occasionally steep with [...]
Mont du Chat (west) and Col du Chat
By Will • May 22nd, 2007 • Category: Climbs, CyclingBike route 915819 – powered by Bikemap From a distance, looking at the TV tower a-top Mont du Chat – more than any climb I know – it seems impossible that it is cycleable. I love this climb. Often I write that “I felt strong” – well today I felt weak as a kitten. Partly [...]
Mont Revard via Col de Plainpalais
By Will • Mar 14th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, CyclingMont Revard towers above Lac Bourget (the biggest lake in France). I had climbed this a couple of year’s back, with Doreen on her birthday, from Aix-les-Bains. Today, I climbed from the other main route starting in Chambery. Click here for Mont Revard – North Route It’s a long, not too steep, climb (26 kms, [...]
