Mont Agnelino
Description
The tour starts in Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende and rolls along the road to Tende. This is where the very long climb begins, first on tarmac, then on gravel. The climb to the summit of Mont Agnelino is not particularly steep. Always stay on the "Baisse de Peyrefique". 200 meters below the summit, leave the Baisse de Peyrefigue and turn left. The ascent to the summit is a little steeper, but the effort is worth it, as the view of the Vallée des Merveilles and the Mercantour Nature Park is magnificent. The descent begins directly from the summit. In the first part, the enduro motorcycles have cut deep furrows in the trail and you have to find your line. On the opposite slope, you ride the trail to the left into the forest. There are no more motorcycle tracks here. Soon countless serpentines follow, not too difficult, down a meadow slope. At Colle Megiana, ride to the right across the alpine meadows. In the lower part, keep left until the forest begins. Here you come across a dream trail, very fast and varied on a wonderful forest floor. You continue like this for a few kilometers until you reach the "Piste de la Spegi" trail. Here it gets a little rockier, but still mostly forest floor and flowing, fast turns. At the end, you come to the Baisse de Peyrefique and ride along it for a few more bends until you take the small Chemin de Bois path on the right. Now it gets rocky and technical. There are a few tricky rocky sections to climb. After a while, you come to a small T-junction. Keep left and the downhill begins. The trail descends steeply to Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende with many hairpin bends in rocky terrain, some of which are exposed.
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Details of the tour
30 km
1585 m
1585 m
726 above sea level
2177 above sea level
1 day
Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende
Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende
2665
well suited
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The ascent is very demanding in terms of fitness. Ramps with 19/20% and mostly very rough (Roman path-like) and partly loose ground demand a lot of strength over a long period of time. The description above does not fit. Unless the tour was done on an e-bike and there is a lack of abstraction. With regard to the current edition of Ride: I doubt that AI would have done any worse. In general, I find this description inadequate (it would describe pretty much any other trail in the region just as well/badly).
The last 200 m are not steeper at all. On the contrary. What is also missing in the poor description: the last small ascent (after following the ascent track) has some (5-10) running passages. In addition, the trail is very exposed and extremely narrow - but technically rather easier than what came before.
The middle downhill is fantastically beautiful. Top views. Trail rarely ridden and therefore not well maintained.