The road starts out gently, winding its way through the trees, and then with only a couple of miles to go you see the radio tower directly above.


And here's the view as you approach the summit.

As you can see from the pictures it was a beautiful sunny day, although warmer than I would have preferred. After stopping for lunch at the same same ski station where we ate yesterday, we descended to Bedoin and back to our chateau in Mazan for a much-needed nap by the pool.
Thus far in six days of riding I've covered 265 miles and climbed nearly 40,000 vertical feet! Tomorrow's a travel day then it's a couple more big days in the Alps.
Au revoir for now.