There is no better way to gain an appreciation of true beauty than to cycle near the peaks of mountains. I have loved the high places since I was a 5 year old and took my first trip west of Minnesota through the Rockies with my parents and brother. I felt "at home" and upon graduating from high school, left the lakes of my home state for the western mountains. I have never looked back (or down, as the case my be).
Links:
KOM An International Guide to Paved Road Cycling Climbs and Races
http://www.komcycling.com/
Francis & Sheila's Virtual Alps
http://www.cycling.uk.net/alps/index.html
O.C.D. (Ordre des Cols Durs) A club for cyclists who enjoy visiting high places by bicycle
http://www.ocd.org.uk/
Profiles of Europe's Cols
http://www.salite.ch/
The Mountain Site
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/2922/index.htmll#fpa.htm
Cols of Europe
http://ciclismo.sitiasp.it/motore.aspx?sid=165d3effc8764661b7dee4e895c47299&lingua=eng&da=lm
2003 Raid Pyreneens
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| Snow storm on Logan (May 2000) |
Washington Pass (May 2000) |
Snow storm on Logan (May 2000) |
Alaska:
Thompson Pass (2678 ft)
Washington:
Rainy Pass -both east & west (4855 ft/1480 m)
Washington Pass -both east & west
Loup Loup Pass
Wauconda Pass (4310 ft)
Sherman Pass -23 miles long (5575 ft/1699 m)
Cayuse Pass (4675 ft/1425 m)
Chinook Pass -both east & west (5430 ft/1655 m)
Paradise (5420 ft/1652 m)
Sunrise (6400 ft/1951 m)
Stevens Pass -both east & west
White Pass (4500 ft/1372 m)
Mount Constitution (2000 ft climb)
Hurricane Ridge (5230 ft/1594 m)
Montana:
Logan Pass (6646 ft) Going-to-the-Sun Road
British Columbia:
Mount Currie
Chilkat Pass (Haines Summit) (3493 feet/1065 meters)
Messiter Summit
Yellowhead Pass
Sunwapta Pass
Bow Pass
Kicking Horse Pass
Rogers Pass
France (Pyreneens):
Col de Saraille -my first in Europe from Massat (942 meters/3090 feet)
Col de Latrape to Station de Guzet Neige from Alus les Bains (1111 meters/3645 feet)
Col de la Crouzette from Biert (1241 meters/4071 feet)
Col de Peguere from Massat (1375 meters/4511 feet)
Col de Portel from Massat (1432 meters/4698 feet)
Col de Catchaedegue near Castillion (893 meters/2929 feet)
France (Pyreneens) Raid Cols:
Col St. Ignace from Ascain (169 meters/554 feet)
Col de Pinodeita from Ainhoa (176 meters/577 feet)
Col d'Osquich from Larceveau (500 meters/1640 feet)
Col de Marie Blanque from Luvie Juzon (1035 meters/3395 feet)
Col d'Aubisque from Laruns (1709 meters/5607 feet)
Col de Soulor from Col d'Aubisque (1474 meters/4836 feet)
Col du Tourmalet from Luz-St-Sauveur (2115 meters/6939 feet)
Col D'Aspin from Ste Marie de Campan (1489 meters/4885 feet)
Col de Peyresourde from Arreau (1569 meters/5147 feet)
Col des Ares from Chaum (797 meters/2614 feet)
Col de Buret from Chaum (602 meters/1975 feet)
Col de Portet D'Aspet from Chaum -Fabio Casartelli Memorial (1069 meters/3507 feet)
Col des Caougnous from Massat (947 meters/3107 feet)
Col de Port from Massat (1249 meters/4097 feet)
Col de Puymorens from L'Hospitalet (1915 meters/6282 feet)
Col de Louis from Bourg-Madame (1345 meters/4412 feet)
Col de Rigat from Bourg-Madame (1488 meters/4881 feet)
Col de Perche from Bourg-Madame (1570 meters/5151 feet)
Mt Louis from Bourg-Madame (1585 meters/5200 feet)
Col de St. Pierre from Vinca (185 meters/607 feet)
Col Ternere from Vinca (200 meters/656 feet)
Cap l'Abelille from Banyuls (140 meters/459 feet)