Col Rosset
Description
The ascent to Col Rosset starts in Thumel, where the road through the Val di Rhêmes ends and turns into a gravel track. Ideally, a shuttle service will take you up to this point. The gravel road climbs steadily up to the Rifugio Benevolo. From now on, you have to carry your weight. A steep path leads up the mountain on the left. The intermediate section into the Grand Vaudala valley can be ridden again until a mountain path leads up to Col Rosset. Almost 1200 meters in altitude are covered on this path until the steep, technical and, for good riders, very fun descent down to the Colle del Nivolet. On the pass, you roll along the road towards the Aosta Valley for a while, but then turn right onto the rough path across the plateau. Eventually, this drops steeply down to Breuil in Valsavarenche. This section is very technical. You can then recover on the section down through the valley, which is on the main road due to the lack of singletrails as far as Chevrère. Now you roll along the right side of the valley on a gravel path to Champlong and finally reach the valley floor near Aosta on singletrails. Along the main road and finally on the cycle path along the river, you now head straight into the city center of Aosta.
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Details of the tour
58 km
1490 m
2760 m
568 above sea level
3023 above sea level
1 day
Thumel
Aosta
1585
not suitable
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User comments (1)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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Really a lot to carry on the ascent. The descent is a little steep at first, but then gets better and better and more flowy. From the lakes, it is better to make another small counter-climb to the left and then down into the valley via Meyes. You then reach the road just above Eaux Rousses. This is a really great but partly technical descent.
Ideally, you should do the Col du Lauson the next day and spend the night up in the valley.