Author: Will

Mont Ventoux – A More Detailed Look

Cycling up to Valsavarenche in the Gran Paradiso in Val d’Aosta. Photos, map, profile, etc.

The Ten Highest Paved Cycling Climbs in Italy. Maps, photos, profiles, etc.

A close up view of cycling the amazing Lacets de Monvrenier. Hairpin Heaven. They will appear in the 2015 Tour de France stage 18. Photo, description, maps, etc.

Cycling to and hiking above the beautiful Oeschinensee above Kandersteg. Photo, map, etc.

Superb mountain bike ride to the Aguille Croche via Col du Joly. Photos, map, route description. cycling beside Mont Blanc.

Map, photos, profile: Cycling the hard way to Col de la Colombière via Romme with a challenging, super-scenic unpaved detour to Tête de la Sallaz.

Cycling above Flaine. Four Cols with three high peaks between. A challenging but superb mountain bike ride on the mountains of the Grand Massif.

Cycling to Col de Cenise. Map, photos, route description, profile. Alps.

Almost 2,000 metres vertical, lots of hairpins, on near-deserted roads. Fun. I started in Les Plaines, 4 kilometres into the profile at right, skipping the flat part. It’s a big, hairpin-filled, quiet road until Notre-Dame-du-Pré (1270 metres) — climbing out of the narrow main valley. The road gets smaller, and quieter above town. At 1835 metres the paved road just ends. But this is still a big, worthwhile, road-bike climb. Details of the even better south side here. But I had my mountain bike so I could keep going higher. Immediately after the paved road ends, the gravel/grass road exits…