Weekend Update

(Geneva, Switz.) - Among other things this weekend, I went out for a nice ride on Saturday afternoon with the Velo Club Lancy folks.

http://www.vclancy.ch/

These guys really seem to have a nice good set up for their juniors. More on this later. Anyway we had a small group out for a ride. Below is a Madden-like schematic of where we went. We crossed into France and took the easy road up the back side of the Saleve, before crossing over and plunging down the front side. 'La Saleve' is the kinda mascot mountain for Geneva even though technically it is in France. Some would consider it to be the first of the Alps, although purists might claim that distinction for the next range south. The top is about 1380 m (4500 ft.) which is not a bad little hill to have in your back yard. In the below picture which I shamelessly stole off the web, you can see the route we took. The famous Jet d’Eau and the city of Geneva can be seen in the foreground. La Saleve is part of the cliffs in the back.




The one below is from the top of the Saleve looking out across the Haute-Savoy region towards Mt. Blanc which is ~80km away.




And finally below is a look back towards Geneva again from the top of Saleve. This shot is almost exactly 180 degrees from where the first one was taken.