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Trans Savoie Trail

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Distance
198 mi
Elevation gain
31,184 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
27,270 ft
Max elevation
7,133 ft
TrailRank 
27 4
Min elevation
1,086 ft
Trail type
One Way
Coordinates
1530
Uploaded
January 12, 2019
Recorded
November 2018
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near Monnetier-Mornex, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France)

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Itinerary description

Liaison des frontières Italiennes et Suisse par les deux savoie

Vous pouvez améliorer la trace en passant par la route de la soif entre le col des aravis et Chaucisse. Attention de vérifier si l'accès n'est pas interdit par panneaux.

70% off-road, terrain relativement rocheux qui permet à des pneus mixtes de faire l'affaire !

La section entre Montvernier et la frontière Italienne n'est pas très travaillé et est exclusivement routière pour le moment (pas eu le temps de faire de recos)

Attention à l'enneigement entre novembre et mai qui peut vous obliger à faire des détours !

Waypoints

PictographWaypoint Altitude 4,914 ft

shelter

PictographWaypoint Altitude 5,751 ft

shelter

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,269 ft

gaz

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,353 ft

beer

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,505 ft

camping

Comments  (5)

  • ceciest13 Jan 26, 2019

    Le lac du Mont Cenis se contourne aussi par la piste à gauche du lac, du village abandonné de la Grande Croix jusqu'aux Rivets, ensuite c'est de la route étroite jusqu'à rejoindre la D1006. Praticable en gros trail chargé sans problème, et en plus complètement légal.

  • Photo of Lucas offtheroad
    Lucas offtheroad Jan 27, 2019

    Merci ceciest13 !

  • ceciest13 Jan 27, 2019

    Une petite vidéo de la piste en question pour complément d'infos, car avant d'y aller "en vrai" je n'avais pas trouvé des masses de renseignements sur l'endroit :
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E87SI5Qc36U

  • xave66 Jan 10, 2020

    Salut je viens de regarder la portion en France autour d'Annecy tu notes 75% de offroad ?

  • Photo of Stuart Murray
    Stuart Murray Jun 29, 2020

    I have followed this trail  View more

    I did this ride on my own on 27th June 2020 riding my CRF250L Rally.

    I started on the route at 09:30 with the aim of completing it in one day. I did stop for periodic breaks of ten minutes or so every hour or so, but even with riding all day, I had to give up at 19:00 having reached Saint-Jean-De-Maurienne, which was still about 80km (estimate 90 minutes) from the end of the route.

    There were some short parts of the route which were along trials not open for motorized traffic, but most were easily bypassed. There was also one quite big section through a valley after Flumet where the road had been closed altogether. Again, bypassing wasnt an issue.

    The best parts of the route were going over a couple of the mountains next to Albertville, followed by a long climb up gravel roads to the top of the ski resort at the Sommet Madeleine. This was huge fun climbing to 2100m with some snow still on the ground.

    In conclusion, in my opinion, if you are competent rider with good tires, it is possible to do this route on a big bike, but it will get difficult in some places. Also, my recommendation would be careful when going over the Sommet Madeleine on your own. I did it solo but in really good conditions, but would have been nervous up there in windy or cold conditions.

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