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Mont Revard is the big Massif just north-east of Chambéry, overlooking the south-east side of Lac du Bourget. Its imposing cliff face dominates the views east and the roads up need to cycle around behind these cliffs from either the north (Aix-les-Bains) or the south (Chambéry).

The road to Epine was signed as closed due to the snow a couple of weeks back – but it was completely clear …. and with the closure also car free.

French Magazine Le Cycle currently has a special edition out, listing what it calls the 50 most beautiful routes in France. Eric and I decided to try one of their more mountainous suggestions.

Pré means meadow in French – so Col des Prés clumsily translated means “mountain pass of the meadows.”