...: septembrie 2018

duminică, 30 septembrie 2018

Dents de Lanfon

Dents de Lanfon, all three of them (PD-).
one of this years loveliest climbs, superb panoramas.

source: www.

duminică, 23 septembrie 2018

The (In)accessible Mountain - Mont Aiguille(Vercors Massif)

otherwise known as Mont Aiguille (2087m).

22/09 Grenoble - La Richardière 63km/ 1300m D+ / Col de l'Aupet / Mont Aiguille (250m D+, PD)

credits:Ludo

23/09 Mont Aiguille - Grenoble

credits:Ludo

duminică, 16 septembrie 2018

About roaming free

1. 15/09

Grenoble - Bourg d'Oisans - Alpe d'Huez - Col de Sarenne - Bourg d'Oisans (102km/2600m D+)

As I missed cycling so much, and Feather did too, here is a full weekends travel, felt like a whole week, far and away, in good company

What shall it be?

entered the fun game of Alpe d'Huez climb and switchbacks, I was curious about all the fuss around this road:))

at Col de Sarenne

2. 16/09

Bourg d'Oisans - Villard Notre Dame - Col d'Ornon - La Mure - Grenoble (105km/2300m D+)

Bourg d'Oisans

D219, splendid road. Wanted to try it ever since I laid eyes on it. Getting lucky as today is the last day it's opened, before 2 months of planned maintenance

link to Villard-Reymond

went out with the thought of closing the summer cycling season, with a weekend break, but feeling like I really really do not want to, it was good:)

duminică, 9 septembrie 2018

WWII Forts and other stories

Only a few years ago man was killing man.

Today it's all the same but happening in other parts of the World.

Excellent reference sites for this area : Fortified sectors in Dauphine

La Place forte de Briançon

08/09 Col du Granon - Fort de Lenon - Fort de l'Olive - Pamplinet - Bois Noir - Lac de Cristol - Porte de Cristol - Col du Granon - La Crete de Peyrolle (La Grande Peyrolle - 2654m)

Col de Granon, build yourself some red cells Doina:)

berghaus/blockhaus

Forts, Mountains, men, barracks, blockhauses, military roads...

Fort de Lenlon

Fort de l'Olive

Beware of green summer avalanches (Vallée de la Clarée)

Lac de Cristol

Les baraquements du Granon

Blockhaus Col de Barteaux

Home

09/09 La Grande Peyrolle - Col de Granon.

Briançon - Fort des Trois Tetes - Fort de Randouillet - Fort d'Anjou - Casernement Seyte - Fort de L'Infernet - Casernement la Cochette - Fort du Gondran - Fort Janus - Montgènevre.

Last part of the Peyrolle ridge

the quest for new mountains, arises when I see those new shapes drawing against the sky. Places and names I have yet to discover, great views that delight my imagination

Fort Lenlon

Grande Peyrolle has given me a soft shoulder to sleep on (no way I could find a spot on the ridge or summit:)

arrr :( so sorry...forts and places of memory, closed down, so wobbly they might fall on us. I was astound to find them in pretty bad shape (not to say they were more like ruins).