Transalp day 3: Col de Vars & Col d’Izoard
Riding both the Col de Vars and the Col d’Izoard in one day when calamity strikes.
Transalp day 2: Col de la Bonette
110km and painful 3000 m elevation up to the Col de la Bonette in the Cote d’Azur heat.
Transalp the long way round: west to east DAY 1
This year I’m back on a ‘real’ cycling trip. Flying to Nice in the south of France I plan to ride up over some of the highest alpine road passes towards Innsbruck, before turning back towards home. My original plan had been to ride from Vienna and...
Hardergrat: Ridge hike brienz to Interlaken through the clouds
I hike from Brienz to Interlaken via the Rothorn and along the ridge towards the Hardergrat. It is a hard 34 km and 3100 m elevation alpine hike that I make in cloudy but dry weather.