Panorama during the decent of Col de la Colombière.

Lac d'Annecy

July 13, 2010 in France ⋅ 🌙 27 °C

We set off around 12:30 on a gorgeous descent of the Colombier, followed by climbing most of the Col des Aravis (a mere cat 5 on today's Tour de France stage).

Near the top of Aravis we (not entirely on purpose) diverged south-west, off the Tour route at a cross roads. We had intended to leave the tour route on the far side of Col des Aravis to head more directly to the Stage 10 start town: Chambery. Our slightly earlier than planned detour meant that we passed the beautiful Lac d' Annecy; probably worth the lengthened route.Read more