Moo-ving Right Along

Ride #6: Chalet Colinn

Chris: 7.5 miles, 1,802 feet climbed

Another rest day, another bike ride for Chris. On this day he rose before breakfast and cruised to the bottom of the road. At the bottom he turned around and rode back up past the Chalet Colinn to a dam further up the road. After breakfast, we drove up to the dam together to look around. Since I wasn't there to photograph his morning ride he did his best cycling impression.

Chris rides to the dam; Chalet Colinn on the left

Later that day we drove back up to the Col du Petit St. Bernard, this time taking a slightly different route than our bike ride a few days earlier. Plenty of my favorite subjects to photograph:

pretty girl

the twins

moving to greener pastures

Ride #7: Col de l'Iseran

Chris: 17 miles, 3,203 feet climbed

Ellen: 17 miles, 3,192 feet climbed

Finally it was time to say a fond "au revoir" to Chalet Colinn. Today we would drive a few valleys over to the Hotel La Ferme de l'Izoard in the village of Arvieux in Queyras Regional Park. But first, time for me to ride the Col de l'Iseran. Chris rode this mountain pass on our way to the Chalet four days earlier but was happy to ride it again. To get to the correct side of the pass, we backtracked in the car up and over the Col and drove down the other side to start the ride. 

This turned out to be my favorite ride of the trip. Grand vistas, green valleys, glaciers, and the perfect combination of distance and difficulty.