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Repeating other tips here but some thoughts and photos to get you in the mood. V jealous. Riding in the mountains is just the best.
Do Col de l'Iseran. It's my favourite climb ever, so wild and beautiful. Do it from the Bonneval side as it's a big road up to Val d'Isère otherwise, and ridiculously long.
+1 for doing the Cormet de Roselend via col du Pré. That way you go over the dam and join the main road for the last few k. It's a tough climb, and I'd had a big Beaufort cheese pie at the bottom so was feeling heavy. This is the view from the top of col du Pré.
The Madeleine is lovely and surprisingly quiet. Good burger at the top too.
Also agree that smaller lesser known climbs can be great. Look out for balcony roads that link up the villages on the mountainside. Did a great one up from Aime in the Isère valley, which links back up to Bourg st Maurice. V rough road though so wouldn't descend to Aime.
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I've booked our little camper on LeShuttle, heading out at the end of August & coming back just over three weeks later. Not got a huge amount of a plan yet, other than we're heading to the French alps (& possibly over Lugano at some point) & doing plenty of day rides from wherever we can stay.
Never ridden in the French alps (having stuck to the Swiss/Italian ones last time). Have created an (ambitious) map (square icons) of climbs I'd like to do (unlikely to hit them all), but it's a bit sparse so need to figure out exactly where we can stay/what we can link together. Does anyone have any recommendations of lesser known ones in the area?
List of things I'd like to do: