Originally Posted by gnawa
I'm curious, where is "Alpine d'Huez"? Is that on 9W somewhere? This thread has convinced me to try this BM climb soon - thanks for the info.
Hehe I only learned the nickname recently. Do you know the route known as "The Seven Sisters"? Well, the "Alpine d'Huez" would be the 7th sister. The road is the stretch of the Pallisades Park north of the George Washington Bridge. Supposedly there are seven "hills" thus the seven "sisters". I've never really counted, as as most of them aren't really "hills" in terms of length. The "Alpine" is so named because the town at the end of this stretch of park road (where this climb is) is named Alpine.
Edit: Unsatisfied with my lousy explanation, I give you
this. That's the top of the climb. The little bit that makes it longer by starting by the water doesn't show on the map, but you can clearly see the boat docks. You can get a better view of that little stretch by switching to the sattelite / hybrid views and zooming a bit.