Collection: most wonderful climbs in:Alps, Pyrenées, Canary isl. with cycling videos

[gyorgyigabor]

Collection: most wonderful climbs in:Alps, Pyrenées, Canary isl. with cycling videos

Hello !
In the year of 2012 I finished collecting all of the known paved ascents going above 2000 m in the Alps, Pyrenées & Canary islands (cycled 240 times above 2000 m). After visiting anc cycling them I made a collection about the most beautiful climbs and I wrote introductions about them, added videos and photos and maps of these great ascents.
You will find well known ascents (like Pico Veleta, Passo dello Stelvio or Col du Galibier) and hardly known ascents (like Plan du Lac (2362 m), Männlichen (2229 m), Taunernmoss See (2088 m)) among them.
I know that the adventure the experience depends on the weather that I had when I cycled there, and there can be another roads, that I haven’t visited yet, so there could be few onother ones which may be wonderful too. I’m curious if You show me that climbs!
The 1st half of my collection can be found here:
http://www.gyorgyigabor.hu/GYG_best_of_climbs.html

( the best three are:
La Palma: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgpnDGUmP_A
Teide / Tenerife: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_OIS8w4snU
and: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHB969KodOY

Pico Veleta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsFzaebbuOw

The 1st half of my collection contains the following ascents:
Roque de los Muchachos (2426 m) – La Palma, Teide plateau (2200-2300 m) – Tenerife, Pico Veleta (3394 m) – Spain, Grossglockner heigh alpine road – Austria, Passo dello Stelvio (Italy), Colle Nivolet (Italy) , Presa de l’Lauset (Pyrenées) , Col de l’Iseran – France, Cime de la Bonette (France), Mangart road (SLovenia), Männlichen (Switzerland) , Oberläger (Switzerland) , Diga Finstertal (Austria)

Have a good time with them !
PS: The 2nd half of the collection will / should be finished in 3-4 weeks time.

Best regards,
Gabor Györgyi
youtube.com/gyorgyigabor

 

[BillytheKid]

The Sandia Crest from space Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Albuquerque and thunderstorm from the summit at night.

On the very lower slopes of 14 mile climb. Last 6 miles topping out at 10,678 ft., 7% from the 165 junction.

A very fine view from the west bank of the Rio Grande just north of the Duke City. It also shows the one of the largest trusted, strike-slip geological mountains in North America accounting for the sheer west face and a forested east slope (the side you can ride up)

 

[Stelvioclimber]

Wow, great stuff Gabor. Can't wait to watch the Stelvio video. I simply must climb that again!

 

[BillytheKid]

Sorry to have gone out of the Alps and Pyrenees. Maybe one day I will be able to ride those great climbs. But if you are ever here, the Sandia Crest is good one on the other side of the world. Thanks for the look Gabor.

 

[gyorgyigabor]

video: cycling the highets finishing paved ascent (2829 m) of the Alps : Ötztaler gla

Hello !

I have a wide videocollection about cycling paved ascents in the Alps going above 2000 m.
2 days ago I uploaded another one.
Last year, in August I cyled few in Tirol, Austria, Europe.
I visited the highest paved ascent (top: 2829 m) of the Alps (Ötztaler glacierroad to the Tiefenbachglacier ) and remembered my memories that I got 8 years ago.
We had wonderful weather, so the video is wonderful and shows well how steep and hard it was.
The ascent is - except 0.5 km - 10-12% for ca. 12-13 km long.

You can find the video here:
(unfortunately the starting / cover picture is just that when I wrote that I returned there after 8 years... - the other 2 that I could cchoose couldn't show the beauty of the landscape)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ9CXI056xM

My collection with videos about more than 135 ascents finishing above 2000m is here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/gyorgyigabor/videos

Or it could be reached here... the list of my climbs with videolinks:
http://www.gyorgyigabor.hu/GYG_osszes_hago.php

Have pleasure with it !
Best regards
Gábor

 

[Manu3172]

Great collection you have!
I did GrossGlockner a couple of years ago. The cobblestone road at the end to reach Edelweissspitze was quite hard! I agree the view is terrific.
I enjoyed Roque de los muchachos as well.

 

[gyorgyigabor]

Thanks I'm happy if someone likes it or have pleasure with the video(s)
Gábor

 

[gyorgyigabor]

Now I show one of the hardest ascent of Austria. It is situated in Tirol: Zillertaler höhenstrasse (2015 m) which is a panoramic road.
It has 5 sides: each of them is 10-12% steep.
I climbed it from Aschau. First I asceended not only to the junction
at ca. 1488 m, but to the viewpoint, Zirmstadel (1800 m) and Kaltenbacher ski-house. That wass ca 10-11 kms long with 11,4 % steepness. Wonderful view along the road.
Then after rolling down to the junction, I went on cycling up to the highest point: Melchboden (2015 m): view to snowy mountains.
The video can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iimTCVw2O2w

Have pleasure with it !
Gábor

PS: I have a question: I will upload another videos, but "only with average" beauty. What do You think: Should I open a new topic for that videos or showw it, although that climbs are beauty is "only average " ?

 

[stainlessguy1]

Thank you Gabor

Gabor ,, thank you for filming these great adventures, and sharing them .
I know its a lot of work , especially placing the camera and redoing small portions of the climb to make a really super film of the ascent.
It has been many years since I was able to travel like that on my holidays , but some day ..... its on my bucket list .
Thanks again , we all appreciate the effort and we do all enjoy the scenery .
Keep up the good work .

 

[Jspear]

Thank you so much for sharing these...Your videos are amazing!! I'm extremely jealous I would love to be able to do something like this someday.

 

[gyorgyigabor]

Thank you very much

Gabor ,, thank you for filming these great adventures, and sharing them .
I know its a lot of work , especially placing the camera and redoing small portions of the climb to make a really super film of the ascent.
It has been many years since I was able to travel like that on my holidays , but some day ..... its on my bucket list .
Thanks again , we all appreciate the effort and we do all enjoy the scenery .
Keep up the good work .

 

[gyorgyigabor]

Thanks Jspear, I'm happy if you like it / my videos. I know there are very wonderful places, mountains, roads in the US too Maybe some day I will cycle there...

Gábor

Thank you so much for sharing these...Your videos are amazing!! I'm extremely jealous I would love to be able to do something like this someday.

 

[gyorgyigabor]

cycling videos: meeting with chamois, marmot +climbs: Juf(2126m), Alp Stierva(2145 m)

Hello girls, guys,

Last weekend I edited another video about.... - not only climbs, but about situations, moments when I meet with animals during my bicycle tour in the Alps, this year.
I could record chamois, marmots, llamas - they are not common animals, but it was funny meeting with sheeps.

The video can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyXUNr2LFAY

The other video is about 2 climbs in Switzerland:
the valley to Juf (2126 m) was a pleasant surprise for me: it's a nice, calm valley, althouth the ascent sometimes is too light or flat.

The 2nd climb of the day was Alp Stierva (2145 m), which is hardly known, but steep...: often: 10-12%.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKEOW6xpr6E

Have pleasure with the videos !

Gábor

 

[parisroubaix18]

Saw this video yesterday thought you guys might like it.

http://vimeo.com/108120315

 

[gyorgyigabor]

bets of video about my cycle tour in the Alps 2014' (1828 km + 39441 m)

Hello !

I edited a best of video about my bicycletour that I had this summer in the Alps (1828 kms + 39441 m ) . This video contains not all of the climbs that I cycled but the most beautiful ones or most memorable ones. The following clmbs can be seen for few dozen seconds or for a minute:
Passo Mortirlo, Gavia, Umbrail, Passo dello Stelvio , Forcola di Livigno , Passo dello Spluga , Juf , Oberalppass , Sustenpass (in rain + 3 degrees Celsius) , Triftalp ( 2090 m) , Moosalp (Stalden side along the vertical rockwall ) , Simplonpass , Colle Fauniera (partly above clouds) , Usseglio - Alpe Bessanetto climb (with chamois !!! ) , Col des Gondrans, La Bergerie du Bois Noir (2009 m), Col du Granon, Sestriere

In the following weeks I will edit new videos about each day (1st: Granon, then La Bergerie du Bois Noir) to have videos (in my collection) about all of the paved climbs finishing above 2000 m in the French Alps.

Have pleasure with the video !
(In few months time I plan to write a travelogue too)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4piRlCVv8w

/I started a facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/cycling.high ) where I will post infos, photos, videos about my tours, experiences (more than 30.000 kms in the Alps, Pyrenées, canary islands & Andalucia) ... about cycling high .. and plan an article or list / collection about the most wonderful paved climbs (finishing above 2000 m) of the Alps, Pyrenées, Canary islands & Andalucia (I haven't visited there Calar Alto 2 years ago I had not enough time for that)

Best regards,
Gábor

 

[gyorgyigabor]

Thanks + another video: La Bergerie du Bois Noir (2010 m)

I'm happy to read your opinions Thanks You very much. To edit the video is more work than to record it when I'm there
During cycling I love to record it, because it's for me too to be ble to watch it again, later

Now I have another good one: it's not an average climb, but not one of the most wonderful ones, but because I liked it very much I share it here:

This is a hardly known ascent in France: la Bergerie du Bois Noir (2010 m).
The ascent's light section started at Guillestre. I started to cycle the same road that goes to Col d'Izoard, but after the canyon I had to turn right to Ceillac and the ascent's last section was a very calm valley with a stream and with a strange part when ca 30 m long the water came out of the ground and fell down to the stream ....
The paved road finished at 2010 m. I loved this climb ! It's worth visiting !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IBlAVouf6s

Have pleasure with it
Best regards, Gábor

/ I started a facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/cycling.high ) where I will post infos, photos, videos about my tours, experiences (more than 30.000 kms in the Alps, Pyrenées, canary islands & Andalucia) ... about cycling high .. and plan an article or list / collection about the most wonderful paved climbs (finishing above 2000 m) of the Alps, Pyrenées, Canary islands & Andalucia /

 

[gyorgyigabor]

video: Col du Granon (2413 m) - one of my favourte climbs : wonderful

Here is the last video I missed to have all videos about the asphalted climbs going above 2000 m in the French Alps. (In the following post I will show that list / collection with photos and videos )
Col du Granon is a steep (9,2% for 1053 m heightdiff. --> so it's harder than the ascent of Alpe d'Huez) and wonderful climb; one of my favourite ascents. 80% of the ascent is a panoramic road and there is almost no traffic: I met ca. 2-3 vehicles during the climb.
Up to now I visited twice and both occasions I rode it in sunny weather.
Have pleasure with the - I think : great - video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M38iV3NBmNU

My site with experiences, photos, videos, compilations in the mountains by bike (40.000 kms abroad & 271 times cycled above 2000 m) :
http://www.facebook.com/cycling.high

 

[gyorgyigabor]

Epic, killer, monster climb: Grosser Oscheniksee (2394 m) - VIDEO

Hello !
THis video is about one of the epic / killer / monster paved climbs of the Alps and Europe that goes above 2000 m.

Based on the data of salite.ch and climbbybike.com Ausserfragant - Grosser Oschenuiksee (2394 m) is the hardest or 2nd hardest paved ascents of the Alps (of the wide dartabase schmunzel ), harder than Monte Zoncolan or Angliru (in Spain).

Its data: 17 km & 9,8%, but the last 10 kms = 13% steepness, but often 14-15% and max. 18-20% (you can see it in my video )
That's a very hard and challenging climb, but I loved it !

The video can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C70JluUdLg

Have pleasure with the video:
Gabor

 

[gyorgyigabor]

Re: Collection: most wonderful climbs in:Alps, Pyrenées, Ca

Hello !
This is a video compilation with music, so this video can be used for a spinning training. A lot of wonderful ascents, landscapes can be watched in the video where I cycled in the last 5 years. It was recorded in the Alps, Pyrénées, Andalucia (Costa del Sol + Sierra Nevada). Few climbs that appear in the video: Mont Ventoux, Passo di Gavia, Bonette, Galibier, there are ascents that hadn't been filmed was rarely filmed ( Dürrboden), Col de la Core, Peyresourde, Ordesa National park in the Pyrénées, Pico Veleta (3394 m) in Andalucia. Few minutes about famous cycling challenges can be seen too: Monte Grappa challenge (261 km + 7241 m), Ötztaler radmarathon (228 km + 5500 m), Valtellina Extreme brevet (345 km + 8998 m). Have pleasure with the video & thanks for watching !

The video can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyfvJV-IbBs

The coverphoto:

 

[gyorgyigabor]

Re: Collection: most wonderful climbs in:Alps, Pyrenées, Ca

Hello !
I'm happy to to present another compilation / best of video about another great bicycletour in the French Alps with several legendary climbs, ascents. The tour happaned in the year 2011.
After the first 2 days (in Italy ) I cycled in France and visited famous, Tour de France cols, climbs, like Bonette (2802 m), Col d'Izoard (2360 m), Alpe d'Huez, Col du Galibier (2645 m), Col de l'Iseran (2770 m), but few hardly known ones, like Parking du Laus, Le Saut, Plan de Lac (2360 m) - one of my favourite. On the climb of Col de la Lombarde I saw chamois, unfortunately only for few seconds, but in the year 2014 on a hardly known italian ascent (will be presented in few weeks time smile hangulatjel ) offered me the opportunity to record 2 chamoises for video for ca. 1 min long. At La Bonette (2802 m) I got the best amazing weather that I could: sunshine with very small clouds, cumuluses.

Have pleasure with the video and thanks for watching
Gabor

The video can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yX05irisi8

The coverphoto of the video :

 

[gyorgyigabor]

my cyclevideo: Alpe Bessanetto: above the clouds & meet cham

Hello !

Few days ago I edited a cycling video about a great and wonderful climb in Italy:
I cycled in a valley (Valle di Lanza in Piemont, Italy) and then upwards on a private road towards Alpe Bessanetto (2022 m) where I felt almost like at the end of the World. Above the clouds it was wonderful, breathtaking.... Waterfalls everywhere, not only the nature and me + few clouds, but at the end of the road: chamoises

Unforgettable !

I hope You like it and thanks for watching !
Gábor

Url of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUMpfbVKfWo

coverphoto of the video :