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I've done a bit of riding in t'alps, but almost entirely on the roads.
Think Breeze is your man on the ground there, he's forever posting fabulous and gut wrenchingly jealous-making pictures of his ride outs along high gravelly trails. Also some of the guys who've been and done the Stella already have had some quality gravel under their tyres. Ask me again at the end of July and I might know more!
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I've ridden a few trails around Bardonecchia on the Italian side and a few in the Jura mountains in France.
Get yourself to the Stella Alpina rally this year and ask around, there's some great riding to be had.
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Can you email me any maps with the routes you've done around Bardonechia and Jura?
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Hi Kiroh, didn't realise you were going next month, I don't have a scanner so I can't show you any maps. If you are going anywhere near Albertville you can do a good track called the Cormet d'Areches, it goes from Beaufort on the N525 to Aime on the N90. After that you can go to Bourg-St-Maurice, take the N202 to Val-d'Isere and go over the Col-de-l'Iseran. Next do the Col d Mt Cenis, there is a great track off here that runs around to the dam. Head for Bardonecchia on the Italian side and there are lots of tracks around that area, Jaffreau, Colomion, Assieta, Sommeiller, Finestre. For France use Michelin carte A 1/200 000 1cm pour 2 km maps, not sure about the Italian maps, the type I've got are not much cop. If Barftone see's this thread he has better maps, also Breeze should be able to give you much better info. cheers, Bob.
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I know for sure the Assietta is closed until the beginning of June due to snow and mud. Some go for it anyway, but try not to get caught because riding these high altitude tracks when the terrain is soft damages them a lot and it's a shame... plus it gives offroaders a bad reputation... It really is a beautiful route: start in Susa, head for Colle delle Finestre, on to the Assietta and down to Sestrieres... and if you have time, ride through Valle Argentera, which is not far away. My pics here http://www.xrv.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=13883I've never done the Jafferau, I'm told there is a beautiful abandoned fort up close to the top... same problem with Assietta though, could be too early to ride there. On my list of must do trips there's also the Chaberton. Jafferau as seen from Colle Basset ![]() Entrance of the fort ![]() ![]()
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http://rides.webshots.com/album/555530483tVyHtD?start=0
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nice one Breeze...........roll on July
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