Ciclismo su strada – Raccolta by Simon Rosmolen
3 Tour
13:22 h
265 km
4.900 m
It’s March 2021. The winter season at our mountain hotel in the French Alps has just ended. It was a strange winter. The ski elevators were at a standstill. Normally the slopes are teeming with people and our hotel is bursting at the seams with crowds. But it was quiet. We received some guests who dined in their rooms and entertained themselves by sledding or ski touring during the day.
Our team was a lot smaller this year, but, as we’d hired hardly any staff, we still had our hands full. As the snow slowly disappeared and the roads cleared, it was time for a well-deserved break. We strapped our bags onto our road bikes and set off to explore our backyard – the Écrins National Park.
I planned a three-day round trip along the borders of the Écrins Massif with hotel stays in Bourg d'Oisans and Embrun. In total, you cycle around 265 kilometres (164 mi) and almost 5,000 metres (16,400 ft) of elevation gain. Ascents are common here, as the Écrins Massif has no less than 150 peaks that are over 3,000 metres (9,842 ft) high. The landscape in the Southern Alps is pristine and brimming with impressive mountains and pointed peaks. This area is considered one of the most beautiful nature parks in the country for good reason.
The route starts in Puy Saint Vincent and heads anti-clockwise. You can also start somewhere else on the route or cycle clockwise. The route is entirely paved and is therefore suitable for road bikes or touring bikes.
If you start in Puy Saint Vincent, you pass Briançon and climb the Col de Laurette, after which a long descent follows to Bourg d'Oisans. Along the way, you'll cycle past La Grave, the mountain village by La Meije, one of the most beautiful peaks of the Écrins. After our night in a hotel in Bourg d'Oisans, we climbed the Col d'Ornon and Col du Parquetout, a lesser known, but incredibly beautiful and steep climb. Next, we followed the Route Napoleon down towards Gap. Just before the city, we cycled over the Col de Manse and descended to Embrun. The next morning, we returned to Puy Saint Vincent via a balcony route.
Personally, I like this route best in spring or autumn. We rode this route at the beginning of spring. Because of the large differences in altitude and the way you flit between the shade cast by the mountains and the sun, you cycle through snow-covered winter landscape one moment and through a valley where lambs are jumping around in green and sunny alpine meadows the next. The transition from summer to autumn is also wonderful.
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Ultimo aggiornamento: 31 maggio 2024
La prima tappa inizia a Puy Saint Vincent. Questo villaggio di montagna si trova a 1400 metri e si trova ai margini del massiccio degli Ecrins. Da Briançon si parte con la salita del Col du Lautaret a 2058 metri. La salita è abbastanza lunga con 26 chilometri, ma non difficile per via della pendenza…
Questa tappa è la più lunga delle tre con 120 chilometri. Quando abbiamo pedalato qui in primavera, molti hotel lungo il percorso erano chiusi, quindi siamo andati al più grande Embrun per un posto dove dormire. Ma soprattutto, sentiti libero di scendere presto.
Dopo il caffè a Bourg d'Oisans (vai al…
Ricevi consigli su singletrack, vette e tante altre avventure imperdibili!
Con le gambe rigide per la corsa precedente, ci siamo svegliati con il brusio del mercato. Abbiamo aperto le persiane della nostra camera all'Hotel de Marie e abbiamo guardato le numerose bancarelle. Il mercato di Embrun si tiene il mercoledì e il sabato tutto l'anno ed è ricco di prelibatezze locali…
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