19 Days In French Alps means -

1.         1 day travelling (from approx 10:30am on Tues, 3-Sept-19) Half hourly departure TVG train from Lyon Saint Exupéry Airport to Grenoble (1 hr: 30 min travel - AUD$34) from  Grenoble where Committed Climb Participants catch the 4pm bus to 51km SE to 1st Base Camp at Le Bourg d'Oisan and stay in chalets (cabins) at Colporteur Campsite 5 min walk from the Village of Bourg d’Oisans where 4 Muggs stayed in Sept 2012 and 7 Muggs in 2013;

2.         6 days climbing (from Wed, 4th Sept to Mon 9 Sept '19 inclusive) the famous Cols and Montagnes described in Cycling Guide to Bourg-d’Oisans which include Alpe d'Huez, Villard-Notre-Dame, La Grave to Col du Lautaret then Col du Galibier, Mont-de-Lans then Les Duex Alpes then Col de Sarenne, Villard Reymond, Mont Oulles, La Bérarde;

3.         Tues. morning, 10th Sept, cycle 67km NE, via Allemond, over Croix de Fur to 2nd Base Camp at Saint Jean de Maurienne where we stay for another 7 nights at ideally located Camping Municipal des Grands Cols Camp Ground;

4.         7 days climbing (from Wed, 11th Sept to Tues 17 Sept '19 inclusive from our 2nd Base Camp at Saint Jean de Maurienne) the famous Cols and Montagnes described in Cyclo Maurienne not limited to Col du Grand Cucheron - Col de la Madeleine - Col du Glandon - Col de la Croix de Fer - Col du Mollard - Col du Télégraphe - Col du Galibier - Col du Mont-Cenis - Col de l'Iseran

5.       1 day travelling (Wed, 18th Sept '19) -

            (a)        7:30am drive `123km (67km from Saint Jean de Maurienne to our 3rd Base Camp at Chambery and a further 51km) back to Grenoble to arrive by 10:00am;

            (b)        return hire car by 10:30am; and

            (c)        catch a train to either Geneva Int'l Airport or Lyon Saint Exupéry Airport and catch a flight back to Oz that night.

 

2. and 4. above constitute the 16 Days Climbs Schedule