50.3 kms
A 25 km climb to Les Arc 2000 ski station - which for some reason is at 2,150 metres and not 2,000. High in the French Alps near Bourg St. Maurice, this climb is long but not too steep - mostly 4% to 6%. Still, 25kms meant 1,350 metres (+4,000 feet) of climbing. [...]

I am writing this entry from a little bistro in Val d’Isere - a ski resort high in the French Alps.
We have just finished climbing the famous col d’iseran. Formerly the highest road in Europe at 2770 metres (+9000 feet). We 1st saw this col on a hike during a ski vacation - I kept [...]

         
20.5 kms;  1,240 metres ascent;  Start: Beaufort
18.8 kms;  1,000 metres ascent;  Start: Bourg St-Maurice
Last Climbed: August 2005
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Cormet de Roselend at just under 2000 metres at the summit is a beautiful and challenging climb. The north side is particularly scenic with a huge alpine lake at 1,600 metres created by a large dam (see [...]

44.8 kms
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I was reading a French magazine listing the 30 most beautiful cycling climbs in France and seeing Joux Plane there motivated me to climb it today. It has been on my list for a while and is perhaps the closest famous Col to our house.

It has featured several times in [...]

 
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Doreen: 42km with 1500m gain (!!!)
Heck of a ride, and surprise to Doreen you can’t take bikes on the train…oops, guess I have to do that treacherous climb under the Eiger face after all!Chilly finished a good hour and twenty minutes before me and had [...]

33 km
Avoriaz is a perched purpose built ski station in the French Alps high above Morzine. Starting in Morzine, the climb starts gradually but soon becomes relatively steep and provides great mountain views in all directions as the route continual switchbacks.
My bike computer said 100 degrees F (38 Celsius) and I was [...]

June 10th - Well it seemed almost impossible to top the Col d’Iseran but the famous Galibier did just that. This is a legendary climb and at 2,640 meters is just lower than Col d’Iseran and will feature again in ths years Tour de France.
We drove up Galibier from the East side [...]

Through most of the 20th century, the Col de l’Iseran was known as the highest road in Europe. While no longer quite the highest, it literally goes over the French Alps near (and well above) the ski resort at Val d’Isère. It had been a dream of mine to climb this Col since a ski [...]

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31.6kms; 1,650 metres ascent  
Start: Rochetaillée Top: 2,067 metres

Last Climbed: July 2006

Col de la Croix Fer is a beautiful climb that first appeared in the tour de France in 1947 when the organizers wanted to add a little difficulty to a stage befor climbing Cold du Galibier [...]

59.9km
Saturday, Doreen and I climbed the most famous climb in biking - Alpe d’Huez (in the French Alps). Amazing! And KUDO’s to Doreen for successfully climbing this giant.

This climb has featured in so many epic races in the Tour de France and people travel from all over the world for [...]