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Well almost anyway! We didn’t have the time required to do the whole trip. We had done “the” route from Chamonix to Verbier having done it last Autumn. So we started out in Verbier. We headed along the CristAlp route To Evolene, the next day over the Basset de Lona to Grimentz, then over the [...] I great 6 hr circuit from the end of the Valley de la Manche. It starts up the Pas de la Latte crosses the cummit of the Tete de Bostan (2406m) and descends the Pas de la Bide into Switzerland finishing via the Col de Coux. The ridge ride is one of the best rides in our area. Well it is if you like some fairly technical XC riding with incredible views and some steep drops, the consequences of a fall can be a bit hairy at times. You musn’t mind a few minutes (15 to 40min) fo uphill too. the gpx [...] Sam’s 40th, a walk up to the Hospice followed by an enlightening evening. The ski tour the next day was made more memorable by the legendary winds that whistle through the pass. The forecast was for 70 km/hr winds and -10C. That is just how it felt! Hospice du Grand Saint Bernard from Gareth Jefferies on [...] Tour du Mt Blanc, Sept 15th to 19th, 2008 |
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