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That's one of the towns on my list--but I wasn't aware it had a train station. Good to know!
5 months agoThat’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.
5 months agoOn 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.
5 months agoThat’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?
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).
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 agoThat notch is fascinating. I suppose it was carved by a glacier, as the rest of the landscape was also shaped.
2 years agoThat's as fearsome a set of peaks as even the most fevered imagination might conjure.
2 years agoWhat an idyllic looking setting for the farm.
2 years agoComparing 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 agoNow that’s funny.
2 years agoPolka dots... must be the KOM .
2 years agoDoesn't look flat from that perspective!
2 years agoStill, 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
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.
2 months ago