Only rarely do bikers in the Alps get closer to heaven than in the Italian Val di Susa. On old military tracks, the tours even crack the magical 3000 metre mark.
Kilometres of gravel roads and trails stretch over the mountain ridges along the Italian-French border. Created over 250 years ago by troops from the opposing nations to secure supplies for the front lines. Even on the main road up from Susa, you pass bulky fortresses and on rocky outcrops, forts with gloomy embrasures watch over every narrow passage. We don't have to give up our plan to break the 3,000 metre mark either:
From Bardonecchia, another seemingly endless ribbon of gravel winds its way to Col Sommeiller with its snowfield. The actual summit of the pass is only at 2,996 metres, but a final stitch leads to a small viewing hill above the glacier. Your pulse is pounding in your temples and your lungs are frantically searching for oxygen in the thin air. The chain has been rotating in low gear for hours anyway. Then it's done: the altimeter reads 3032 metres. In front of the handlebars lies the white-brown remains of the once magnificent Glacier Sommeiller.
You can find these tours in the PDF download:
Tour 1: Assietta ridge road
Length: 66.9 km, 2325 m elevation gain, pure riding time: 7 h
Highest point: Testa dell'Assietta, 2566 m
Tour 2: Mont Jafferau
Length: 56.6 km, 1,812 metres in altitude, pure riding time: 5 h
Highest point: Mt Jafferau, 2805 m
Tour 3: Col Sommeiller
Length: 54.3 km, 1948 m elevation gain, pure riding time: 6 h
Highest point: Col Sommeiller, 3033 m
The GPS data for the Val the Susa can be downloaded here from our partner bike-gps.com:
- GPS data Val di Susa-Borgo-San_Dalmazzo ->
- GPS data Western Alps_total ->
You can now find the GPS data for all the tours presented in BIKE in the professional tour portal of www.bike-gps.com. The data was created with pinpoint accuracy in high-resolution satellite maps and will also be available as RichTracks in future. For you, this means: no more procedures! For us, it means a considerable amount of extra work. That's why this service will have a price in future, but at 3 cents per kilometre, it's absolutely affordable.
From now on, you will receive this for every tour:
1. very precise and well-maintained GPS data
2. all waypoints of a tour
3. road book with arrow symbols and all tour data
4. very precise elevation profile with underground information
All of this is conveniently contained in a single file. You can also order the corresponding digital maps (1.8 cents per square kilometre). You will receive these in the RichTrack file (double-click on the file to open the map and RichTrack in the RichTrack software at the same time).
IMPORTANT: To open the data, please download our free RichTrack Factory software, which is available free of charge from www.bike-gps.com can be downloaded. The software allows you to view and print the roadbook and elevation profile and download the GPS tracks and waypoints to all common GPS devices (Garmin, VDO, MyNav, Xplova).
We wish you lots of fun with the new touring system from BIKE and
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