You had a great weather day and made the best of it, to drive on one of the highest paved roads in Europe. Never drove there, but knew the pass from Tour de France, remember than in one edition some years ago they had to change the route because there was snow up there in July...
Another superb video (I drove across the Iseran the opposite way to your trip during my 2019 tour on an incredible route from Dijon to Nice) and thank you so much for explaining to all your viewers why the Iseran's 2,770m pass is the true highest pass in France rather than any fake claim by the Bonette's 2,802m loop that's purely designed to bring lazy tourists closer before they finally have to walk a few minutes to that summit. (In fact, even the 2,715m pass at the Bonette is a fake because the medieval trade path on that landscape has a crossing called the Restefond a few kilometres north-east that's only 2,680m - it was only when cars made it much easier than horses going uphill that everyone bothered to go higher there !!). But there's nothing fake about the Iseran because whatever your transportation you've always had to climb the whole 2,770m to make it over to the other side.
Drove up there in summer 2002, same direction, and have little memory of it other than the short tunnel at 8:40, the general sense of danger looking down the sheer mountain side on my right while I drove, and it being sunny, windy and damn freezing at the top just short of the building at 12:22. Appreciate seeing this again 👍.
In Spain we had the highest summer-opened mountain pass in Europe. In Sierra Nevada, near Granada, in Southern Spain, we have a road thst connects the Sierra Nevada ski resort, North of the mountain range to the Alpujarra Valley, South of the mountain range. It goes up to more than 3100 metres or 9300 feet high (I don't know how much feet are in a meter, so reply me if you know the right measure in feet). It was opened until 1999, when the road was closed due to the poor state of the asphalt, I guess. Now it's opened for Sports events like Cycling events, from the minoritaire ones to the major Cycling event in Spain (Like "Giro d'Italia" or "Tour de France"): The "Vuelta a España"
It's probably the highest paved road in Europe, but I think it isn't a mountain pass. It ascends to the Veleta mountain peak, but it doesn't descend to the southern side of Sierra Nevada, does it?
The road to Veleta is not publicly accessible anymore over 2500 meters altitude. Which is still pretty high. I drove near it in September (A-44 Granada to Motril), next time I'll have to go up there.
When I start recording with GP, I pull the battery off, plug into the car and this goes with no problem, and it also doesn't heat up as much as with the battery inside.
It sounds tricky, the GoPro would die instantly without a battery if the power supply is interrupted for whatever reason. I actually tried this but didn't feel comfortable recording without a battery. The heat problem is solved by turning the A/C on through the windshield vents, which keeps a constant airflow on the GoPro. I had no overheating problems, even in Spain.
Question for FreewayAllan (Or for any youtuber that makes timelapsed roadtrip videos): Ready? Here it comes. Where's the Bonnette Pass? P.S: That question includes replies from the owner of this channel
The Bonette (Jausiers on its north side to St Etienne de Tinee on its south side) is several hours' drive further south of the Iseran if you're on a complete tour of the French Alps from Lake Geneva (Lac Leman) to the Mediterranean coast. Its scenery is fairly good without being incredible but it's very controversial among mountain drivers because new roads have been built twice to take it higher up its landscape than you actually need to go to reach the other side.
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Col de l'iseran: a place where I stayed when I was a child, the highest Alpin pass in Europe :)
I like Iseran pass :)
You had a great weather day and made the best of it, to drive on one of the highest paved roads in Europe. Never drove there, but knew the pass from Tour de France, remember than in one edition some years ago they had to change the route because there was snow up there in July...
Magnificent. More videos like this please 🙏
Another superb video (I drove across the Iseran the opposite way to your trip during my 2019 tour on an incredible route from Dijon to Nice) and thank you so much for explaining to all your viewers why the Iseran's 2,770m pass is the true highest pass in France rather than any fake claim by the Bonette's 2,802m loop that's purely designed to bring lazy tourists closer before they finally have to walk a few minutes to that summit.
(In fact, even the 2,715m pass at the Bonette is a fake because the medieval trade path on that landscape has a crossing called the Restefond a few kilometres north-east that's only 2,680m - it was only when cars made it much easier than horses going uphill that everyone bothered to go higher there !!).
But there's nothing fake about the Iseran because whatever your transportation you've always had to climb the whole 2,770m to make it over to the other side.
Drove up there in summer 2002, same direction, and have little memory of it other than the short tunnel at 8:40, the general sense of danger looking down the sheer mountain side on my right while I drove, and it being sunny, windy and damn freezing at the top just short of the building at 12:22.
Appreciate seeing this again 👍.
I drove across it a few years ago in August... with snow!
Já estava com saudade desses vídeo
Cool! 👍👍👍
Oddly enough, this seems normal to me while the Vaalserberg seems like Mount Everest, raar… Great video!
France has so many of these roads where the only thing between you and the abyss is some tall grass or, at most, a low wall. Lovely. 😆
Thanks for the video.
Que montanhas lindas🙏🙏🙏tudo lindo❣❣o céu,a neve a estrada😍😍😍
Linda muzica parabéns pelo vídeo
In Spain we had the highest summer-opened mountain pass in Europe.
In Sierra Nevada, near Granada, in Southern Spain, we have a road thst connects the Sierra Nevada ski resort, North of the mountain range to the Alpujarra Valley, South of the mountain range.
It goes up to more than 3100 metres or 9300 feet high (I don't know how much feet are in a meter, so reply me if you know the right measure in feet).
It was opened until 1999, when the road was closed due to the poor state of the asphalt, I guess.
Now it's opened for Sports events like Cycling events, from the minoritaire ones to the major Cycling event in Spain (Like "Giro d'Italia" or "Tour de France"): The "Vuelta a España"
It's probably the highest paved road in Europe, but I think it isn't a mountain pass. It ascends to the Veleta mountain peak, but it doesn't descend to the southern side of Sierra Nevada, does it?
@@davmorax6616 It goes to the ski resort parking lot
1,000 metres = 3,280 feet
3,100 metres = 10,168 feet
The road to Veleta is not publicly accessible anymore over 2500 meters altitude. Which is still pretty high. I drove near it in September (A-44 Granada to Motril), next time I'll have to go up there.
Now is closed! :)
Wow, the landscape up there looks almost not terrestrial.
When I start recording with GP, I pull the battery off, plug into the car and this goes with no problem, and it also doesn't heat up as much as with the battery inside.
It sounds tricky, the GoPro would die instantly without a battery if the power supply is interrupted for whatever reason. I actually tried this but didn't feel comfortable recording without a battery. The heat problem is solved by turning the A/C on through the windshield vents, which keeps a constant airflow on the GoPro. I had no overheating problems, even in Spain.
Question for FreewayAllan (Or for any youtuber that makes timelapsed roadtrip videos):
Ready? Here it comes.
Where's the Bonnette Pass?
P.S: That question includes replies from the owner of this channel
Google maps, Wikipedia.... It's all there.
The Bonette (Jausiers on its north side to St Etienne de Tinee on its south side) is several hours' drive further south of the Iseran if you're on a complete tour of the French Alps from Lake Geneva (Lac Leman) to the Mediterranean coast.
Its scenery is fairly good without being incredible but it's very controversial among mountain drivers because new roads have been built twice to take it higher up its landscape than you actually need to go to reach the other side.