Matafelon - Artemare

Matafelon - Artemare

Great day. We pushed on as we’d stopped for our rest day on a rather wet and muddy campsite next to a lake and under attack from swarms of flies.

The trip was about 65k, the main bit being up and over the Col de la Cheminée, with all the undulations about 950m of ascent. We soon escaped the heavy valley traffic and enjoyed the climb up - most of it was around 5% so that feels okay.

After a poulet sandwich at the summit, we came down a beautiful long gentle descent, the mountain views getting better all the way down, to our campsite for 2 nights. 2 rest days in the next few days ready for the big pass on our final day.

Most of our camping has been on small sites, but occasionally we use a slightly bigger site. On these, we enjoy the equitable allocation of pitch - the same as the campers and caravans as all pitches are approx the same size. So a much better campsite for the rest day.Read more