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Alpes du Nord regional meeting at Col du Grand Colombier on 28 May 2016

Saturday 28 May 2016, Northern Alps
Col du Grand Colombier, 1500 m (Ain)

You'll be welcomed on this promontory at an altitude of 1,500 metres from 11am.
This will give you time to admire the 360° landscape: the Bugey plateau, the Rhône and its valley, and further east, the Mont Blanc range.
A legendary summit, the Grand Colombier has its fans. Their passion: climbing it by bike from all sides.
More than 1,300 of them are "Fêlés du Grand Colombier "

Starts (Road and MTB)

For those who wish to do so, departure from Culoz at around 8.30 am at the foot of the climb. There are car parks
For all practical information and to let us know you're coming, don't hesitate to call Raymond Barbier (Contact details below)

Mountain bike route suggested by Raymond

MTB track in gpx format

Contact

Raymond Barbier
04 79 85 34 40
[email]er.barbier@laposte.net[/email]

Guy Harlé
+44 144 70 60 67 27 – +44 144 70 11 17 03
[email]guy.harle@gmail.com[/email]

Bernard Vieillard
+44 (0)4 79 09 16 54 – +44 (0)7 86 15 40 13
[email]bereg73@orange.fr[/email]