Day 3 - Tignes

We woke up this morning and the weather didn't look very promising. A lot of grey clouds and poring rain ... Well we decided to pack the bikes in any case and give it a try. We left around 9h30 and drove up to the Alpes. We started with the Col du Colombier. As it was still raining and as the mountain was hanging into the clouds, we took a steady pace and didn't take any pictures.

Coming down the mountain, it stopped raining and we arrived at Chinaillon to take some lunch. It stopped raining for about an hour and a half. As we were ready to start riding again, it started raining again as well. Bad timing ... We continued our trip however and were rewarded with a nice and sunny afternoon that allowed us to cross some nice areas. See the shot below to get an impression:

The summary of the villages that we passed today: La Baume, Les Gets, Morzine, Cluses, Flumet, Beaufort, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Tignes (where we are staying for the night).

We also passed by the "lac de Roselend". Very nice. And afterwards made a stopped at +/- 1800 m altitude. Took a coffee. Have a look here :

The last half an hour gave us a big shower of rain again ... Let's hope the weather is better tomorrow. We have a lot of big mountains to cross then (> 2700 m of altitude ...). We decide to boost our energy with a bottle of Pommard of 1999. Nice way to end the day :) We'll be back tomorrow with more info ...