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From French Alps 2015 by Scott Anderson & Rachael Anderson

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Kelly Iniguez commented on To Briancon: Over Col d'Izoard

Jacinto wanted to know if this is the elephant route. RWGPS tells me it's over 7,000 feet of climbing for the day - vs our route which is a mere 3,500 feet. Your photos are outstanding. That's quite a summit marker.

4 weeks ago
Jacquie Gaudet replied to a comment by Scott Anderson on a photo in At Beaufort sur Duron: Loop ride to Albertville and Ugine

That's one of the towns on my list--but I wasn't aware it had a train station. Good to know!

3 months ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Jacquie Gaudet on a photo in At Beaufort sur Duron: Loop ride to Albertville and Ugine

That’s my vision. I’d love to see if I could make it up some of those passes again, but it would have to be a day ride on an unloaded bike. Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is on the train line and would make a good base.

3 months ago
Jacquie Gaudet replied to a comment by Scott Anderson on a photo in At Beaufort sur Duron: Loop ride to Albertville and Ugine

On our recent trip, we discussed how we would have enjoyed the climbing more if we weren’t on loaded bikes, and I was thinking about how much harder it was this year than just 8 years ago—when I was on a heavier bike and carrying much more gear. But we love riding in the mountains! So perhaps going to the Alps and structuring the trip to have more unloaded day rides and minimize climbing with panniers? That’s what I’m working on.

3 months ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Jacquie Gaudet on a photo in At Beaufort sur Duron: Loop ride to Albertville and Ugine

That’s funny. I’m surprised this one didn’t crop up on my CycleBlaze search - only the one by Annecy which we’ve never crossed ourselves. We encircled it on a loop ride from Annecy though: https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/europe2022/in-annecy-day-4-col-du-marais/.

Research for next year? What’s on your mind?

3 months ago
Jacquie Gaudet commented on a photo in At Beaufort sur Duron: Loop ride to Albertville and Ugine

Reading this again as part of my research for next year's tour and thinking--didn't we do Col de la Forclaz? We did, the sign says "Col de la Forclaz", but it was a different one (https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/geneva/around-lac-dannecy/#21734_3110802_IMG_1390).
More research yielded that there are actually three! This one, Col de la Forclaz de Queige (871 m), the one we did, Col de la Forclaz de Montmin (1147 m), and the big one in Switzerland, Col de la Forclaz (1526 m).

3 months ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Keith Adams on a photo in To La Clusaz: Col des Saisies / Col des Aravis

The mountains here are so diverse, exceptional in different ways. I really hope we can come back here again some year and experience them as day rides next time. It had better be soon.

2 years ago
Keith Adams commented on a photo in To Thonon les Bains: Over Col de la Columbiere

That notch is fascinating. I suppose it was carved by a glacier, as the rest of the landscape was also shaped.

2 years ago
Keith Adams commented on a photo in To La Clusaz: Col des Saisies / Col des Aravis

That's as fearsome a set of peaks as even the most fevered imagination might conjure.

2 years ago
Keith Adams commented on a photo in To La Clusaz: Col des Saisies / Col des Aravis

What an idyllic looking setting for the farm.

2 years ago
Keith Adams commented on a photo in At Beaufort sur Duron: Loop ride to Albertville and Ugine

Comparing the color saturation and rendition of these photos to your 2022 albums makes for a stark contrast. I've gotten so accustomed to the 2022 photos that these look almost artificially vivid. I think the overall image quality from 2022 is also better- at least until your good camera went belly up.

2 years ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Keith Adams on a photo in At Saint Jean de Maurienne: Over Col de la Croix de Fer

Now that’s funny.

2 years ago
Keith Adams commented on a photo in At Saint Jean de Maurienne: Over Col de la Croix de Fer

Polka dots... must be the KOM .

2 years ago
Keith Adams commented on a photo in To Briancon: Over Col d'Izoard

Doesn't look flat from that perspective!

2 years ago
Keith Adams replied to a comment by Scott Anderson on At Barcelonnette: Up to Cime de la Bonette

Still, Team Anderson of seven years ago were older by eight years than I am now. And the modern (2022) form routinely tackles hills that would reduce the current me to a pile of jelly.

2 years ago