Col du Galibier a road bike and a mountain bike

1. Pack road and mountain bike in the minibus
2. Drive to the Col du Lautaret
3. Drop the road bike off with Helen to look after
4. Drive van up to the top of Col du Galibier (2650 metres approx)
5. Ride down the Ancient Galibier Road
6. Meet Helen at the Col du Lautaret and swap over to road bike
7. Ride up the Col du Galibier to pick up the van
8. Drive back down the Galibier
9. Meet Helen at the Lautaret and have a coffee
10. Sleep well that night

Well I did it the descent was fantastic – you can find out more here – apparantly the Tour de France used this route to climb up the Galibier in 1911 – so we are now offering it too our guests. The 8km climb up the more traditional route was also fantastic.