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Autapie Endless Flow

Autapie (Val d'Allos)

Mount Autapie towers high above the Val d'Allos and offers a relatively easy but incredibly spectacular single-track descent to Colmars.

Description

The tour begins in picturesque Colmars with the climb up the road to Allos. This village also boasts a particularly beautiful town center. The route continues on the other side of the valley to the valley station of the chairlift. If you’re traveling in July or August, you can take the chairlift to help with the ascent. Outside of operating hours, you’ll have to tackle the 350-meter climb on a gravel road. After the chairlift’s top station, the ascent becomes treacherously steep. Although a gravel road leads all the way up to the Autapie, it can only be reasonably managed with an e-mountain bike. This brings the total elevation gain to 500 meters. 

From the summit, the view opens up over the entire Val d’Allos and the Verdon region, which lies slightly lower. The trail along the ridge—which forms the first part of the descent—is also clearly visible. Later, you turn left into the forest, where a superb trail rated S2 in difficulty awaits. After passing the Cabane de l’Autapie—which is unstaffed—you ride a few meters along a gravel road to the next trail. This is the highlight. Rated S1, it winds through extremely steep terrain, making you wonder, “Who on earth would build a trail like this?” The trail leads in a truly impressive manner all the way to the first houses in Colmars.

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23 km

845 m

1200 m

1238 above sea level

2408 above sea level

1 day

Colmars

Colmars

3785

well suited

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Portrait Thomas Giger

About the author: Thomas Giger

Thomas Giger has been the editor of Ride MTB since 2002 and is a regular online and print author. Over the years, he has specialized in tourism topics and is particularly well known for his blog-style columns. He is also one of Ride MTB's active tour authors.

Thomas Giger has been the editor of Ride MTB since 2002 and has had a significant influence on the tour database. His focus is on single trail tours. There are few who know the trails in Switzerland as well as he does. However, his areas of expertise also include Aosta, the French Western Alps, and the whole of South Tyrol.

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