Cycling looping: Lacets de Montvernier - Tour du Châtel
Tour du Châtel © Savoie Mont Blanc - Anglade
Lacet 3CMA
Starting from St-Jean-de-Maurienne, follow the Mauriennaise to Pontamafrey. The vertiginous Montvernier hairpins, from where you can see climbers on the neighbouring via ferrata, form one of the most impressive roads in the Alps.
A magnificent road and its 18 hairpin bends: Alpe d'Huez and its 21 hairpin bends, famous thanks to the Tour de France, need not worry, as the photo of the 18 Montvernier hairpin bends has graced geography books for some 50 years. It took no less than 6 years of work, between 1928 and 1934, to complete the almost 400 m vertical drop linking the Arc valley to the village of Montvernier. These little twists and turns, piled one on top of the other, clinging to the mountain, make up one of the most spectacular routes in Savoie, and a real challenge for cyclosportifs.
You'll have the opportunity to admire the Lacets de Montvernier as you climb. And once you've reached the summit, you'll be able to see the Aura, the world's largest collective work of art, in Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines.
Only vehicles less than 6 m long and 4 m 15 high may use this route.
You'll have the opportunity to admire the Lacets de Montvernier as you climb. And once you've reached the summit, you'll be able to see the Aura, the world's largest collective work of art, in Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines.
Only vehicles less than 6 m long and 4 m 15 high may use this route.
Itinerary
Daily duration :
2h
Distance :
17 km
Change in altitude :
410 m
Change in altitude (uphill) :
410 m
Change in altitude (downhill) :
410 m
Maximum altitude :
780 m
Type of itinerary :
Boucle
Marked itinerary :
Balisé
Details about signage :
Red departmental cyclo markers N°36
Map references :
Savoie Mont Blanc cycling map available from the tourist office.
Further information
Publics :
Level red – hard
Phone 04 79 83 51 51
Website http://cyclo-maurienne.fr
PLAN GPX / Tour du Chatel
PLAN KML / Tour du Chatel
PLAN Fiche du Tour
Opening hours
From 15/03 to 30/10.
Prices
Free access.
Information updated on 10/12/2024 by Agence alpine des territoires
