Col des Aravis
     
 

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  Leaving Geneva airport at 17.30 we stopped for the night just before the Swiss winter skiing resort La Clusaz. The next day we set off towards Chamonix and over the scenic Col des Aravis - an easy road climb to 1486m. In the distance the Mont Blanc massif...  
         
 

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The plumet into Flumet is fairly straight.

 
         
 

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A few dangerous narrow points through the attractive Gorges de l'Arrondine. We continued up Col des Saisies.