Col du Pradier
By Will • Jul 9th, 2012 • Category: Climbs, CyclingThe Col is at 1450 metres. I certainly found it, but there was no sign to be found. The road continues above the Col for three more steep kms before become a gravel path.
Posts Tagged ‘France’
Col des Glières: Car-Free day
By Will • Jul 1st, 2012 • Category: Climbs, CyclingSaturday morning Doreen and I cycled Col des Glières on another special bike-only day.
Col de la Croix Fry via Col de Plan Bois
By Will • Jan 4th, 2012 • Category: Climbs, CyclingOne of my favourite winter alps climbs.
Col de Joux Plane – snow ride
By Will • Dec 27th, 2011 • Category: Climbs, CyclingYes, this Tour de France legend is cyclable in winter.
Col Hunting in the Bauges Alps
By Will • Dec 5th, 2011 • Category: Climbs, CyclingA scenic, very quiet route – including a long stretch of trails – in the Bauges Alps. Five Cols (although, admittedly I descended to two of them).
All About Col Signs
By Will • Nov 25th, 2011 • Category: CyclingI think all Col hunters love a good Col sign.
A 2012 “Cycling the Alps” Calendar
By Will • Oct 18th, 2011 • Category: CyclingLooking for a 2012 calendar that features some of the most famous Alps cycling climbs in France, Italy, and Switzerland?
Video: Watching the Sun Rise: Mont Ventoux
By Will • Jun 12th, 2011 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, FavoritesThe shortest but perhaps most fun “cyclosportive” I have ever done.
Relais du Mont du Chat
By Will • Apr 19th, 2011 • Category: Climbs, CyclingLe Cycle Magazine once called Mont du Chat perhaps the toughest (paved) climb in France. I think there are harder, but it’s fairly brutal.
Col des Cyclotouristes loop
By Will • Apr 14th, 2011 • Category: Climbs, CyclingIn 1967 a local farmer – Jean Poncet – joined two mountain forestry roads, one from Queige the other from Venthon creating this fantastic “Col.”
