Operation Dizan with Les Gnolus and the Rhône Department: hunt for collector badges!
To celebrate the 10 years of the Rhône Departmentparticipate in theOperation Dizan The concept? Six intrepid Gnolus – Beta, Kloche, Opinell, Yooka, Grail, and Rozo the First – don their finest attire and present you with a unique challenge. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: find the six collector badges scattered across the Rhône!
What is Operation Dizan?
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Rhône, Operation Dizan, carried out in partnership with the Department of the Rhone et The GnolusSix special routes have been selected (including one new one). Your mission: find and collect six collector badges by completing these routes, unveiled from mid-April to mid-September, across the entire territory.
Update: Congratulations, you've captured the 1ster collector badge!
The operation continues!
Are you one of the lucky ones who managed to capture the 1er Collector badge on the Chambost Longessaigne course?
If not, don't panic, 5 other different collector badges await you in the coming months somewhere in the Rhône Department.
To help you plan ahead, we're revealing today the 5 other dates where you'll need to be ready to go to win one of the new collector badges… The locations themselves will be revealed gradually! :
starting Friday, May 16 (special operation ended)
starting Friday, June 20th (special operation ended)
starting Friday, July 11 (special operation ended)
as of Friday, August 8 (operation completed)
starting Friday, September 12
A new collector's badge will be available to collect on a course selected by the LIG on each of these dates.
On September 12th, capture Rözo 1st !
Starting September 12th, set off to capture Rözo 1st on a 4km course, and win the 6th and final collector badge " 10 years of the Rhône Department "!
With this route, first discover the fabulous environment of the Sensitive Natural Area of Ile du Beurre, a true haven of peace for wildlife, then gain altitude by climbing into the heart of the Côte-Rôtie vineyards to the Tupin-et-Semons viewpoint which will offer you a breathtaking panorama (the climb should also take your breath away but you will see, it is really worth it).
Useful information
Limited edition for collector badges: 1,000 badges available from Friday, September 12th until stocks last.
Steep climbs: not recommended with young children.
Little shade in the vineyards: bring a hat and something to drink.
Walking shoes are mandatory!