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Friends of ours are staying at our place near Alpe D'Huez in a couple of weeks, they are travelling on bikes and want to do a few classic routes (day trips) from there. Anyone have any ideas for routes or resources where I can point him for some? They are more mature folks on cruising bikes rather than knee down nutters if that makes any difference!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Nick Dawes, Cols du Galibier and Lauteret, and the Izoard (far side of Briancon)?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Helen Beaumont, Yes I suggested Lautaret, down past your place to Briancon (drove up there a couple of weeks back, had forgotten how stunning that area is), not sure of the best/most scenic & fun way to get back would be, I'm sure theres loads of routes which would be fun on a bike. There was a street luge race down the Izoard when we were in Briancon but we had to get back to pack so couldn't stay to watch it!
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Nick Dawes, if you go over the Lauteret, down into Briancon, then across the Izoard to Embrun and Las Serre Poncon. You can loop back to Briancon from there, and could go back to ADH via the Montgenevre and the Fréjus tunnel. Finally over the Col du Telegraphe from the Maurienne valley, down the Galibier, and back to ADH, not sure how far in total it is though.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Also Croix de Fer/Glandon into the Maurienne then back via Telegraphe, Galibier and Lautaret. The Vercors is worth a look as well - completely different landscape, all limestone.
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I think doing only day trips from Alps D'heuz is a mistake if you take the trouble of taking the bike across there.
Would you not like to do Grand and Petit St Bernard pass?
What about the 6 mountain passes concentrated in Andermatt? Grimsel, Susten, St Gortard, Furka, Nufenen and Oberral passess.
How about Dolomites?
I would just lightly packed and do a big loop here and there and stay overnight whenever it suits me.
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saikee, because the friends will be staying in Nick's apartment while they are there I suspect.
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saikee, As Helen says they are staying in our apartment and making their routes relatively local for that reason, think they want a bit of R&R rather than a big tour! very jealous but am banned from having a moto!
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