Le Grand Colombier is a gigantic, quiet, scenic climb in the French Jura mountains (Don’t…
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Part of my silly annual Cycling Challenge for 2017 was to cycle a big climb…
Yes, I can enjoy flat routes too. 🙂 The ViaRhôna is an 850-kilometre bike route…
Stage 9 of the 2017 Tour de France will be the toughest Jura mountain stage…
Challenging, alternate unpaved mountain bike route to Grand Colombier via Col de Charbemènes.
Lac du Bourget and Surrounding Cycling Climbs
I am now eligible to become a “member” of the Confrérie des Fêlés (brotherhood of the crackpots) du Grand Colombier.
Col du Grand Colombier and Col de la Biche.
Col de la Biche and Col du Grand Colombier are two of the hardest unknown climbs in France. In the Jura mountains, they are both “roads to nowhere” meaning virtually no traffic (I saw 5 cars in over 3 hours on the climbs).
Every year local cyclists shake their heads at cowardly Tour de France organizers that run the Tour right by this Jura giant, but refuse to climb it. It’s just too steep!