Above: Grey beard is thirsty at Col de l’Iseran
Nothing better than a beer at the summit of a big cycling climb.
Glacier de Mont-de-Lans (3158 metres):
Madeleine
Plateau de Beille
Col du Galibier
Lac Cap de Long
Grand St Bernard
Le Semnoz – with Jens
Wine! Kind stranger atop Joux Plane
Col de l’Arpettaz
La Berarde
Col des Saisies
Grand Colombier
Col de la Ramaz – TdF
Les Arc
Valmorel
Zurich 6 Day
Lac du Mont Cenis
Ventoux Carbo Loading
Beer Store below Madeleine
Ice Cream? Annecy
Base of Tourmalet
Col de l’Iseran bike only day – Grey Beard drinks beer
Beauty shot – Verona & Doreen
Le Vercors
Col des Glières
Le Vercors
Col de la Joux Verte
Col d’Allos
Col de la Croix de Fer
Col de la Colombière
Grand Colombier w/ J. Coppel fan club
Joux Plane w/Dave
No clue
Plateau des Glières
Ventoux
Col de la Faucille
Col d’Aubisuqe
Watching Paris-Nice
Col du Marchairuz
Croix de Fer
Apple Juice at Mont du Chat???
Tour d’Enfer – Beaufort
Col de la Croisette – Dauphiné day
Polka Dots and Beer watching the Tour
Ventoux at Dawn
Barrage de la Grand Dixence
Seriously Thirsty
Down Low? Alicante
Valloire w/ Jens
Lac d’Engstlen
Cheers. Mollard.
Col du Glandon
Cheers from Monte Grappa
Me and a Russian General. Gotthardpass.
After the Maratona dles Dolomites w/ Philippe
Markus after La Baudichonne
Joux Plane with Markus
7 Comments
I love summit beers. This summer I climbed Mt Lafayette in New Hampshire and had a lovely locally brewed IPA at the top. The best feeling.
These all look amazing.
Very Nice Will!
An isotonic high carbohydrate malt based recovery drink is a fitting reward after a tough climb. I will follow your lead and a raise a toast to you at the top of each of the climbs on “Ride The Rockies” this year.
You always bring a smile to my face with your posts. Hope the knee is doing well!!!
Ralph (Le Blaireau)
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Excellent. I mean, what’s the point of doing it all without a cold one on top 🙂
Wow, summit beers… great idea!
Too bad for that one lemonade at Col de l’Arpettaz! :-p
(forgive me, I’m Belgian ;-))
Really like your blog, Will!
..,good onya mate!
Enjoy 2017
Graham. Mallorca
If I were to have *a* beer, just one, after summiting a long hot climb, you would not want to encounter me trying to make it back down. 🙂
Some of us are lightweights and prefer a coke. Thankfully there are few places serving beer that also wouldn’t have a coke. I have to say, a 3 Euro coke at the top of a long climb tastes so much better than the 1 Euro variety in the city. Why is that?