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Holiday in France 8 - Col de l'Iseran

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Early the next morning we reached the top of the Col de l'Iseran. At 2,770m it is almost the highest paved road in the French Alps. I say almost as the road climbing over the Col de la Bonnette, further south than the Iseran rises to 2715m, but a loop has been created to take in the top of the mountain, supposedly to top the Iseran at 2802m! It is bare, bleak and rocky at the top of the Col de l'Iseran, and when we were there the mountains were full of cloud. There is a stone church which fits into the rugged terrain and the laybys had a number of old sports cars in them, driving the Route des Grandes Alpes. We had now passed over the watershed from the Val de l'Iseran to the Val de l'Arc. Here are the pictures. The first is taken on the way up to the top of the col and the last is a panorama, taken looking down on Val d'Isere, stitched from 15 individual images.