Mon, 2 Aug 1999 21:17:08 +0200 - Message No. 6128
From: Arne Lindgren

Subject: SV: highest surfaced roads in Europe


Near Col De La Bonette there is a Cime De La Bonette (2802) built around
a small hill near the col, just to make the Bonette road higher than the
Col de Iseran south of Val d' Isere (2767) in turn just a whisker higher
than the the famous Stelvio just north of Bormio. These are musts!
Ive ridden all three of them by pedalbike but if you see a black
BMW1200C and Greenwhite @ over Iseran and Bonette the first and second
of sept it will be my first tackle of the alps by motorcycle.


There is also a surfaced cul-de-sac at tha glacier skiing in Solden at
2800. 

Arne Lindgren (And Mattewerner, teh GreenWhite @)   



> ----------
> Från: 	Freddy Van Geit[SMTP:freddy.van.geit@pandora.be]
> Skickat: 	den 29 juli 1999 13:04
> Till: 	xrv
> Angående: 	(XRV) highest surfaced roads in Europe
> 
> Hi fellow atic's,
> 
> During my years of Transalp and AT-rider I have always enjoyed
> climbing to
> high spots but until know I had the idea that the highest surfaced
> road (in
> Europe) was the 'Col de la Bonette' in France (2715m).
> While on holiday with my AT in France, Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar
> last
> weeks, I found out that the A395 from Granada (Spain) to the Pico
> Velata
> (Sierra Nevada) beats every record with an endpoint at 3398m!
> Unfortunately about 2 years ago, they decided to place a locked
> pivoting
> barrier at 2700m!
> At first, bikes and jeeps still found their way around the barrier
> either
> way so they dug a deep ditch one side of the barrier and on the other
> side
> they made it too dangerous to pass with a big bike (like the AT)
> Anyone else who knows some other high spots?
> 



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