Col de la Croix Rouge (Nyons post)
The place as Nyons and La Route de l’Olivier. describes it; pinned at Col de la Croix-Rouge (Châteauneuf-de-Bordette, Drôme) (⚠️ inferred).
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bookshelf/Highlights & Notes/Articles/Nyons and La Route De L’Olivier..md | Mostly Bikes x Me | journey waypoint | Because their usual olive seller was not at the market, the riders cycle to Nyons by La Route de l’Olivier, a small spur road off the climb of the Col de la Croix Rouge, to buy olives themselves. |
Nyons and La Route de l’Olivier. — Mostly Bikes x Me (2026)
Source: Bookshelf/Highlights & Notes/Articles/Nyons and La Route De L’Olivier..md · Readwise highlight
Today we rode to Nyons via La Route de l’Olivier, a small spur road off the climb the Col de la Croix Rouge, to source them ourselves.
- Role: journey waypoint
- In the article: Because their usual olive seller was not at the market, the riders cycle to Nyons by La Route de l’Olivier, a small spur road off the climb of the Col de la Croix Rouge, to buy olives themselves.
- Why it matters: The pass is the climb on the way to Nyons; the post is two sentences and photos, so it matters only as the route.
- Real vs. fictional: The text does not name the real place; the pin is an inference from the text.
- Where is it?: ⚠️ inferred. Clues in the text: “a small spur road off the climb the Col de la Croix Rouge”; destination Nyons (olive town); author based at Caromb, Nyons about 40 km away. Reference works: OSM Nominatim ‘Col de la Croix-Rouge’, Châteauneuf-de-Bordette, Nyons arrondissement, Drôme (44.3303,5.1683). GeoNames and Wikipedia (en) have no entry. Chosen: Col de la Croix-Rouge (Châteauneuf-de-Bordette, Drôme) — Only one same-named pass in the area and it lies on the Nyons approach. Alternatives: Other Col de la Croix Rouge elsewhere in France exist but none in the Drôme Provençale; existing Nyons note mentions the pass already.