Petit Saint Bernard
Description
The starting point is the village of Bourg Saint Maurice (810 meters above sea level), from where you ascend via Montvalenzan and Le Chatelard to La Rosière (1860 meters above sea level). If you ride the tour between the end of June and the beginning of September, you can now switch to the Roches-Noires chairlift and ride down to the Col du Petit Sain Bernard after a final short ascent. The scenic pass between France and Italy is the starting point of the actual descent. To do this, follow the pass road towards Bourg Saint Maurice for a while and then turn off towards the small Guillons lake. This is followed by a wonderful S1 singletrail that ends at a gravel road. Follow this little road uphill to reach the start of the very long trail descent to Bourg Saint Maurice. The downhill trail winds its way through the pine forest. At S1 level, you surf downhill, sometimes rough, then flowing again, sometimes over a carpet of roots, then again on smooth coniferous ground. This adds up to 700 vertical meters.
In Ecudets, the descent is over for the time being and you take on an additional 100 vertical meters of ascent towards Saint-Germain. At an altitude of 1200 meters above sea level, a trail branches off to the left, which rides down the descent from La Rosière to the outskirts of Bourg Saint Maurice in the same manner as before.
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Details of the tour
42 km
1410 m
1845 m
808 above sea level
2385 above sea level
1 day
Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Bourg-Saint-Maurice
2565
well suited
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About the author: Thomas Giger
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We took the descent route when we crossed by car, so we started right at the pass. The view was beautiful at first, with the trail running alongside a stream. Then a 150-meter climb to the pass road, followed by a short descent along it. After that, back onto the trail—technical at first, then through the forest as described, alternating between rough sections over a carpet of roots and smoother forest floor. Then another climb on paved road before branching off onto the official “Dream Forest” enduro trail, which winds super-smoothly along the contour line down to Bourg St. Maurice. Highly recommended (though if starting from the pass, I’d join the trail right after the first climb).