Col des Glieres - West Side
By Will • Feb 7th, 2008 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, SnowThat funny white thing with wings is a giant monument to the French Resistance.
Glieres was a major base in WW2 for the Maquis.
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Plateau des Glieres
By Will • Dec 5th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, SnowI started to run into snow and ice on long stretches shaded from the sun. My tires were slipping and I considered turning around - but I promised myself I would descend the crazy parts by foot.
Col des Glieres
By Will • Apr 14th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, CyclingCol des Glieres starts only about 15 miles from home. It’s a beautiful hair-pinned route up the side of a mountain past a superb cliff waterfall. Steepish in parts with 6 kms at 9% or more.
Up top is the Plateau des Glieres. During WW2, this plateau was generally inaccessible in winter […]
Col des Glieres
By Will • Apr 29th, 2006 • Category: Climbs, Cycling Col des Glières is a climbs at the very start of the French Alps. Starting from Le Plot, the first 10 kilometres average only about 2% so there is a chance to warm the legs up.
And it’s worth warming up as the next 7 kilometres average 9%. Once the steep […]
