Col de Galibier France

Day 80 Thursday 23 July 2026

We headed off early this morning, down through the alpine village of St.Sorlins where we stopped at the boulangerie for breakfast and then used the free service point to dump and fill as required. It was a beautiful drive down into the valley. 

This time we stopped at St.Jean de Maurienne for some fuel and a quick shop.

Next we turned up to drive over the Col de Telegraph (2022,2024). 

We continued straight through Valliore.. a very busy and touristy alpine town. 

Then up to the Col de Galibier. The scenery is spectacular and as the Tour de France will be riding through here in 2 days time, it is very busy with cyclists, cars, motorbikes and of course lots of motorhomes! 

Unfortunately close to the pass we could not get any mobile reception so we turned around and came back down eventually finding a spot to watch the tour on Saturday. 

We spent the rest of the day decorating Bluey, going for a walk and relaxing. 

92km

To col de Glandon France

Day 79 Wednesday 22 July 2026

We had a peaceful night at the Col de Madeleine. After breakfast we went for a short 1 hour hike to the little Lake of Tritons which offered lovely views.

Then down the mountain we went stopping briefly in Longchamps.

We turned off before reaching the valley to go to the Col de Chaussy. It was an interesting and pretty drive with lots of narrow bits. 

Unfortunately the section of road we wanted to take with the 18 hairpin turns had a 6m length restriction so we had to do a detour. 

Down in the valley we stopped to do a bit a shopping and then drove up to the Col de Glandon (2014). It was quite busy but we managed to fund a parking spot and moved a few times as the cars left later in the afternoon. 

Mont Blanc

The internet was terrible so we drove down via the Col de Croix de Fers and parked overlooking the village of St.Sorlin d’Arves.

78km