With the Col du Glandon now open it is fairly easy to get to the base of the Col de la Madeleine and although it is still technically closed I thought I would see how far up I could get. This is a monster of a climb over 20 km gaining 1500 metres in height and is a tough end to Day 2 of our Big Col tour. I managed to get to the top of the Col although I did have to trudge through a load of snow for the last 100 metres! They are currently resurfacing the road – probably in readiness for the 2010 Tour de France – so once this is done they will clear the snow at the top and the col will be fully open.
