Quick trip to show Mike the Comma (Virgule) couloir and the spendid Cirque de l'Aulp du Seuil which are just above his house.

Climb to the summit of the ski runs (watch out for downhill skiers). At the top take the small path the climbs above the ski life to the north-west.

Access: Highway A43-> Saint Jean de Maurienne -> Saint Michel de Maurienne -> Beaune -> Col routier de Beau Plan according to the snow coverDescriptionClimb ENE to the chalets Ste Mar

The col des Ayes from Tencin is  10km covering 704 vertical meters.

Too much snow on the road after the Baure car park at around 1220 metres. Quite a bit of wind at the summit. Skiing quite well with drifts of 50-100cm ! It's better in the undergrowth.

DescriptionThe col du Galibier (2642 meters / 8668 ft) separates the French departments of the Savoie (Northern Alps) from the Hautes-Alpes (Southern Alps).

From the center of Grenoble this climb is a hard 1000 meters + of vertical. According to the ClimbByBike website it is in the top 500 of alpine climbs for difficulty.

Relatively steep climb on the south-east side of Grenoble up through the village of le Venon (bar opposite the church).

The Bastille is an uber-steep but thankfully short climb from la Tronche in the Suburbs of Grenoble to the fortress that overlooks the city.

The Haute-Route sportif was crossing over the Glandon so quite a few police around. I cycled the Glandon both ascending and descending.