Amazing view on LAC LEMAN | French Alps NORTH motorcycle tour Ride 1 | Annecy

Amazing view on LAC LEMAN | French Alps NORTH motorcycle tour Ride 1 | Annecy

With our first ride in our French Alps NORTH motorcycle tour we are going even more North to Morzine and an amazing view on Lac Leman, lake Geneva, and Geneva itself. To get to Morzine in this ride you will have to conquer the Col de la Colombiere and going back to Annecy we are following the Routes des 3 Lacs. The ride is some 218 km / 135 miles and we had a full day of biker fun in the French Alps!

Highlights Ride 1:
0:00 Intro
0:18 Info on Ride 1 of the French Alps NORTH motorcycle tour
1:14 Part 1: Annecy to Col de la Colombiere
2:20 Ride up the Col de la Colombiere
4:38 Col de la Colombiere
5:07 Part 2: Col de la Colombiere to Morzine
7:17 Morzine
9:09 Part 3: Morzine to L’Observatoir – Mont Salève
10:32 Route des 3 Lacs
14:26 L’Observatoir
15:08 Part 4: L’Observatoir to Annecy
17:14 End in Annecy

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The Observatoire is the perfect stop to have a  view on the North Alps of France and Lac Leman and Geneva. Welcome to another QUAZY RIDE and in  this video we are showing you our ride 1   of the French Alps North tour. The impressive  mountain range of the Alps stretches across  

Austria, Italy, France, Switzerland and even Germany  and Slovenia and 1/5th is here in France. And did   you know that as many as 128 peaks rise above  4,000 M 13,000 ft? With Annecy as our central point  

We are at the North part of the French Alps  and with this ride we going even more North   as we are going to Morzine a traditional ski area  which is just South of the lake of Geneva, which  

We should be getting some pretty nice views on. And  this ride is around 220 km / 135 miles so let’s go QUAZY! Well I think it was just within the  first hour of this ride as we already  

Started our climb of the Col de la Colombiere and the total climb is um over 12 km   uh no less just less than 12 km but over  7 miles and brings us up to I think 1633 metres,

Which is 5,929 ft. And it is the highest  mountain pass that we will be doing in this tour. Enjoy! Can we do that again, please?!?!   The pass is best know for the cycling stages in the Tour de France and it connects the Grand Bornand in the Borne Valley  

Where we just came from and Cluses and I  think it’s called the Arve Valley where   we will be descending to. And there is a bar  on top so perfect for a coffee stop. Well we are getting to our  next stop in this ride which is Morzine and as  

I said that it’s um traditional ski resort and  it’s part of the Portes du Soleil ski area. I think I’ve   read that it’s about 650 km of skiing slopes  I don’t know the um mileage. But we stayed in  

Morzine in 2011 when there was a big Harley rally  going on, Harley days, with some friends of ours and   we already done that ride up to the Col de la Colombiere but I’m really glad that we came back because this is a  

Beautiful ride. Lovely lovely! And um well we’ve  added a parking in Morzine I think it’s near the   church uh because we are sure that if you want  to have some lunch you can uh find a good spot there. Because from this parking  

You will already have some restaurants  here and direct access to the centre. So we just almost hit the border of Switzerland and  had a little glimpse of Geneva but we are staying   in France and right now we are on the Route des 3 lacs, so the Route of the 3 lakes and I  

Couldn’t find it but I think it is the route  between the Lac de Geneve or Lac Leman as they say Sorry, can’t take a hitchhiker. and then the Lac Annecy of course and the Lac de Bourget which is a bit Southwest of Annecy

And we are going there in our ride 2  of this tour. And of course we will be   getting some nice views on the Lac Annecy at the end of our ride but first   as soon as we’ve climbed this part we should  be getting the most beautiful view on Lac Leman.

Because we added a stop at the top of the Mont Salève  where you can get this view on Lac Leman and Geneva   to the North. And no you can’t see Lac Annecy and Lac de Bourget but as I said we are going to Aix-les-Bains for coffee 

Right at the Lake Bourget in ride 2 of this tour. And there is the bar restaurant L’Observatoir where you   can have another drink if you want before we head  back to Annecy. It is closed on Tuesdays though.

Wow this ride 1 was really good start of our  French Alps NORTH tour and we’re very glad that we   still have some nice riding to do but now we’re, as  you can see, at the end of our ride in Annecy.  

And if you would like some tips on what to do in Annecy we have a separate video with our tips and that   will be in the middle of your screen. And then  we hope that you like this video and if you did  

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