BIKE SUGGESTION MAIN 2

Aosta Valley (the Region where I live) and Canavese permits to cycle some nice tours always with great panoramas, infact We are in the middle of the highest mountains of the Alps, many of them over 4000 meters as Mont Blanc, Grand Paradis, Mont Rose, Matterhorn and so on. In this page is possible to find some nice short tour that I suggest to cycle, very close to those great mountains. Some of them requires long uphills. Others proposed paths concern climbs (some are very difficult) along pavemented roads.

They have mainly two features in common: they run in unknown areas crossing and reaching some little and ancient villages and they are almost cars free. Notice that none of the most well known bicycle climbs there are in Aosta Valley (as Col du Petit San Bernard, Col San Carlo, Col du Joux and so on) can be compared with someone that has been suggested in this website, infact here You can find some of the hardest climbs of Italy. At the top of each ascent the panorama is always wonderfull. Generally due to the huge woods the area where they are located is also a paradise for mushrooms and chestnuts and it is dotted, as said, by ancient little villages and rural houses made of wood and stones that show the ancestral and simple way to live of some local inhabitants; here it is still possible to breath the true and ancient soul of mountain people. Of course there are also endless possibilities for trekkers and mountaineers that love to discover paths out of most renowed tourist centers.

COL DU PETIT SAINT BERNARD - COL DE L'ISERAN - COL DU MONCENIS Climbing the highest pass in the Alps A BIKE PLUS TRAIN RIDE 2 OR 3 DAYS LONG	TOUR DU GRAND PARADIS Surronding The Gran Paradis National Park A BIKE PLUS TRAIN RIDE 1 OR 2 DAYS LONG	CHAMPDEPRAZ - HERIN The hardest climb in Aosta Valley. More than fifty hairpin turns lead to the sky and there is only a word for the central section: EXTREME A WILD WALL
DONNAS - PRA POUSAZ One of the steepest ascent in Aosta Valley SHORT AND HARD CLIMB	ISSOGNE - VESEY The greenest heart of Aosta Valley. A great and stiff climb more than 1000 meters high ALMOST UNKNOW, ONE OF THE GREATEST CLIMB OF AOSTA VALLEY	COL DU COURTIL A hard climb in one of the most unknown part of Aosta Valley GREAT PANORAMA ON THE LOWER AOSTA VALLEY
MONTJOVET - BERGER Another recess corner of Aosta Valley Nobody knows it SHORT AND HARD CLIMB	CHATILLON - TRAVOD A balcony over Alps	CHATILLON - BELLECOMBE Bellecombe means beautiful spot..a jewel hidden in the wood A SHADY CLIMB AND A GHOST VILLAGE TO DISCOVER
ARNAD - ECHALLOGNE This ascent splits in two sections: the first one is very hard, the second one is very, very hard. CYCLING TO AN EAGLE NEST	FENIS - LES DRUGES From the top more than 15 summits over 4000 meters will appear on the background GREAT MOUNTAINS OF AOSTA VALLEY	AOSTA - BLAVY Not so hard, but very, very spectacular BEST CLIMB FROM AOSTA
CAREMA - ALPE PASSORE Over Carema's wineyards ONE OF THE HARDEST CLIMB OF ITALY	QUINCINETTO OR TAVAGNASCO - SCALARO Climbing to one of the nicest Village of Piemont: Scalaro. And the steepest ascent of this website: TAVAGNASCO-SANTA MARIA MADDALENA ( EXTREME) A SPECIAL TOUR THAT LINKS TWO REGIONS	PONT SAINT MARTIN - OLINELLO A short and hard climb and a interesting little wildlife area to visit WHERE AOSTA VALLEY TURNS IN PIEMONT
CHAMPDEPRAZ- MONT AVIC PARK Who does not know Mont Avic Park miss a lot of Aosta Valley A PIECE OF PARADISE	NUS - PORLIOD A great tour completly pavemented MODERATE ELEVATION GAIN...TIME FOR BREATHING..A LOT OF TIME..	CHAMPDEPRAZ - GETTAZ DES ALLEMANDS AND BODEN Climbing hardly into History A RECESS CORNER SETTLED CENTURIES AGO BY GERMANS PEOPLE: THE WALSERS
PONT SAINT MARTIN - VALLONE DI NANTEY Hanged Villages route STEEP WOODED SLOPES AND THEIR HANGED VILLAGES	CHAMBAVE - VERTHUY & CLOUTRAZ Nobody knows it ENTERING THE WILDEST AREA OF AOSTA VALLEY	BROSSO - PIAN DEI MULI There is a first kilometer EXTREME, the rest keeps on staying hard AN OPEN PANORAMA OVER CANAVESE AND PADANA PLAIN
BARMETTE (PERLOZ)-PLAN CHENALY A scenic tour almost unknown LOWER AND MOST UNKNOW LYS VALLEY	ROSONE - TELECCIO LAKE The most fearful way to enter Gran Paradis National Park. Last kilometer is EXTREME. ONE OF THE HARDEST CLIMB OF ITALY	VAL SOANA From Pont Canavese to Piamprato. ONE OF THE MOST UNKNOW VALLEY OF GRAND PARADIS NATIONAL PARK
RIBORDONE VALLEY From Sparone to Prascondù. A LONELY VALLEY OF GRAND PARADIS NATIONAL PARK	CASTELLAMONTE-SANTA ELISABETTA A SUPER LOOKOUT OVER PADANA PLAIN
NOTICE: elevation gain is estimated as: (difference of altitude)/(really length) and not as (difference of altitude)/(horizontal length). That is not perfectly correct, anyway in this case the mistake done is very little. Diagrams are made with the software downloadable at www.salite.ch	WARNING !!!!!! In autumn it needs to be very carefull during the downhills because of the fallen leaves that may cover the whole road making it become very slippery specially during wet and rainy days.