Even if Rogers Pass was not the highest pass I’ve tackled, it’s at 1,327 meters (my highest pass has been Bow Pass at 2,067 m), this one was the most spectacular and perhaps even the most difficult….because of the long and fairly steep grades and the potential for avalanches!

Originally, I was supposed to stay in Golden with Caimen, a friend of Jeremie’s, but the electricity was out at his house and so he had to stay at another friend’s house. Eventually, having finished my second meal of the evening (I was feeling a lot better!) ;-), I decided to continue cycling and rode until 10:30pm! The weather was perfect and there was less traffic. It wasn’t too cold, the sky was clear and the full moon and stars were with me!

I was surprised because there are two hills on Rogers Pass and I completed the first during that night. The next day, the weather was cold but so beautiful on Rogers Pass. Once again, I was lucky to have had such great weather. The Rogers Pass goes between two mountains with avalanche zones, and that’s why the road is often closed during the winter. In addition, the next day when I arrived in Revelstoke, there was a snow storm headed towards the pass, which dumped more than 30 cm of snow….

That’s means, if Caimen had had electricity in his house, I probably would have stayed in Golden and would have had to cycle the Rogers Pass during a snow storm or worse, if the pass had been closed because of avalanche risk, I would have had to wait for it to re-open…

Hmm….so lucky to have had such nice weather!

Vue non loin du fameux col de Rogers!

Même si le col de Rogers n’est pas le plus élevé que j’ai emprunté, juste 1 327 m (mon plus haut col a été en effet le Bow à 2 067 m), celui-ci a toutefois été le plus impressionnant et peut-être même le plus difficile car il y a de longues montées assez raides…

Au début, j’étais supposé rester à Golden chez un ami de Jérémie, Caimen. Mais celui-ci n’ayant pas d’électricité chez lui, il devait déjà rester chez un de ses amis. Finalement, alors que je terminais mon deuxième repas de la soirée (ma santé allait pas mal mieux ;-), j’étais décidé de continuer la route de nuit. Il ne faisait pas trop froid, le ciel était clair, la lune et les étoiles avec moi.

Durant la nuit, j’ai donc franchi la première montée du col de Rogers. Le lendemain, il faisait froid mais tellement beau! Une fois de plus, j’ai été chanceux d’avoir une bonne météo. Le col passe entre deux montagnes dans des zones à avalanches, c’est pourquoi la route est souvent fermée. De plus, le lendemain en arrivant à Revelstoke, il y a eu une tempête de neige, plus de 30 cm…

Ce qui signifie que si Caimen avait eu de l’électricité, je serais probablement resté à Golden et j’aurais donc eu à franchir le col de Rogers durant une tempête de neige ou pire, à attendre que le col soit rouvert si il y avait eu des risques d’avalanches…

En soirée à Revelstoke, cela peut être un détail mais important pour moi…VIDÉO

In the evening, reaching Revelstoke may seem like a small detail but it was a significant moment for me….VIDÉO