Valloire Travel Guide

 
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  •   Valloire
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  • On the way down Galibier
      On the way down Galibier
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  • On top of Galibier
      On top of Galibier
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  • Galibier, the way down
      Galibier, the way down
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  • View from Galibier
      View from Galibier
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Look around...

Look around..., Valloire

 bicycle_girl Says:  Lots of great sceneries everywhere... 

Galibier... the descent

Galibier... the descent, Valloire

 bicycle_girl Says:  Going down the mountain is the reward for all the work from the climbing... In the French Alps, sometimes you can go down for 70 km at a time!!! Very cool. 

Col du Galibier

Col du Galibier, Valloire

 bicycle_girl Says:  It's a long way down, from the Col du Galibier, all the way down to Chantemerle which was my camping spot for the night. Fore an hour, you wind through hairpin turns, brakes on hands and hoping hte bike cooperate and the traffic sees you. In the same time you want to watch... 

Sports & Outdoors  

Col du Galibier

Col du Galibier, Valloire

 bicycle_girl Says:  MAde popular by the tour de FRance, the Col du Galibier is a tough one to clib up by bike. The last 2 km is at 10% just when your legs told you they had enough, you have to produce that extra energy to haul the bike, the camping gear and you up the mountain... But the minute... 

Biking up Col du Telegraphe

Biking up Col du Telegraphe, Valloire

 bicycle_girl Says:  You leave the little town of St-Michel-de-Maurienne and right away you start climbing until you reach le Col du Telegraphe. In itself it is not a destination. Once you have reach the pass, you will go down 300-400 m to Valloire, an alpine village, then if you have legs left,... 

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Sounds really stupid but...

Sounds really stupid but..., Valloire

 bicycle_girl Says:  Make sure you bring enough food, warm clothes and lots of water when you start climbing the mountains... Making it to the top of the mountain, with the bike that had 65 los of gear on it and talking with a cyclist that had a very light bike, and that admitted that the climb... 

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 Going down the mountain is the reward for all the work from the climbing... In the French Alps, sometimes you can go down for 70 km at a time!!! Very cool. 

 

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Col du Telegraphe and Col du Galibier by bike

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Winter Holidays in Valloire

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