Bewdley Bikers On Tour » Vosgian Passes http://www.bbot.co.uk Motorcycle Touring & Trip Reports Thu, 26 May 2011 13:19:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Col du Ballon d’Alsace – 1,171m http://www.bbot.co.uk/pass-reports/col-du-ballon-d-alsace/ http://www.bbot.co.uk/pass-reports/col-du-ballon-d-alsace/#comments Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:59:01 +0000 admin http://www.bbot.co.uk/?p=24 . . . → Read More: Col du Ballon d’Alsace – 1,171m]]>  
Col du Ballon d'Alsace
Route: France D465 St. Maurice sur Moselle to Giromagny - 15 miles
 
 
This Col on the D465 between St. Maurice sur Moselle and Giromagny, just north of Belfort - where Alstom make the TGVs (Train Grande Vitesse) - takes you over the Ballon d'Alsace. A good biking road from both sides but beware of the road surface. There's a memorial at the top to WWII bomb disposal units and an impressive collection of old bomb casings. Why anyone should have wanted to drop a bomb around here is something we couldn't fathom! Also famous as being the first ever mountain stage in the Tour de France - in 1905!
 
 
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Col de la Schlucht
Route: France D417 Wintzenheim to Gerardmer - 29 miles
 
Ridden: 01/07/2006
 
The D417 from Wintzenheim - near Colmar - to Gerardmer in the heart of the Vosges Mountains takes you over this Col. Not high but a very pleasant road which winds its way up through the forest. A good biking road but this is a very popular holiday area so expect lots of campervans on the wrong side of the road.
 
 
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