Grand Saint Bernard
Description
The tour starts in the village of St-Oyen and initially rides uphill for a short distance on the busy main road. The old pass road soon branches off to the right, and you follow this largely without traffic for almost 1000 meters in altitude up to the hospice. The descent begins just below the small lake, where a path to the left of the road rides through the alpine terrain. You pass the chapel and then follow the path through the southern flank of Mont Mort. Directly above the village of St-Rhémy, there is another ascent, the singletrail rides up to Plan Peitz. This is followed by the long singletrail descent back to St-Oyen, which crosses the forest road several times and finally ends through the steep terrain right on the edge of the village.
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Details of the tour
25 km
1280 m
1280 m
1382 above sea level
2474 above sea level
1 day
Saint-Oyen
Saint-Oyen
1553
not suitable
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User comments (3)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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The path at the top of the lake to the left of the road is no longer there, as it was in 2018, or later/further down is so little maintained/used that it is practically unrideable. It is possible further down, but is rather flowy and straight ahead.
The descent from the fort to St-Oyen is mainly steep and straight ahead. The view at the top is quite nice.
There is even a charging station with solar power for moped riders!
Pedaling up is tough but actually quiet and doable.
I managed about 1500m, I think I went further down on the first descent (to the pass road). There you can then ride up a gravel road almost to the fort.
Good tour! Ascent on the little-used pass road (during the week, low season). The descent is flowy and comfortable at first. After the carrying passage (attention, do not ride there if you are carrying your bike for the first time) Word the trail is much more fun, steeper and rougher. A great afternoon tour!
A part of the mountain trail on the descent has slipped away, so that the bike has to be pushed/carried again and again. The counter-climb before the final descent has to be carried 100 meters uphill. The last descent is top class.