A bike ride up the Valgrisenche valley around Lake Beauregard and the tiny chapel, Cappella di Chatelet, returning by a lakeside gravel path. I discovered much more of the history after the ride.
Cappella di Chatelet

A bike ride up the Valgrisenche valley around Lake Beauregard and the tiny chapel, Cappella di Chatelet, returning by a lakeside gravel path. I discovered much more of the history after the ride.
A beautiful bike ride from Morgex, Italy, up the Val Ferret valley towards the Swiss border, with amazing views of the glaciers of the Mont Blanc massif.
A bike ride from Morgex, Italy, up and over the tough Colle San Carlo to La Thuile and then up to Colle del Piccolo San Bernardo at the French border
I was lucky to have good weather and not much traffic on this long climb from Aosta, Italy, to Col du Grand Saint-Bernard, one of the oldest passes in the Alps.
A wonderful bike ride from Gignod up the Valpelline valley to la Diga di Place Moulin, the fourth largest dam in Italy
While waiting for the weather to change for the better, I did a short ride around the outskirts of Aosta, Italy. Beautiful roads and beautiful views were my reward.
Another ride from Briançon, this time over the Col de Montgenèvre into Italy, then back into France via the Col de l’Echelle.
A bike ride to the ‘forbidden’ col de Larche, along the Ubayette valley to the Italian border.
I rode from Castello in Italy to the Colle dell’Agnello (2,744m). An amazing ride, with lots of marmots and spectacular mountain landscapes.
In the Gran Paradiso national park in Italy, I rode to the famous Colle del Nivolet through spectacular wild mountain scenery.