Bicycle Up La Madeleine

In summer the road between saint françois longchamp and the pass is closed to motorized vehicles for half a day to give the room to an event celebrating the madeleine with no cars.

Bicycle up la madeleine. It annually attracts many fans traveling on foot bicycle or using any other non motorized vehicle. Via les lacets de montvernier col du chaussy and then gravel via lac du loup wolf lake. Check out our four other ways up col de la madeleine in section 4. The îles de la madeleine may be explored by bicycle on horseback or on foot.

Strong winds and shallow bays make a fine coastline of long sandy beaches for windsurfing. Want to ride col de la madeleine from saint jean de maurienne. One may follow the coast by canoe zodiac boat or kayak. The three paved options and my favourite.

Col de la madeleine this circular route starts and finishes in albertville and climbs the slightly easier but longer approach to the col de la madeleine. At roughly 1300 metres altitude the route joins a paved road on the way to lac de la grand léchère. It s the most accessible side if you re staying in bourg saint maurice like we were more on bourg saint maurice here. There are two famous ways up one each side via the d213.

Sections 1 3 below describe the route up the col de la madeleine north side from feissonet. Sunbathe walk and explore. See here for details of four other ways up col de la madeleine. Col de la madeleine is one of the very toughest climbs in france or so i was told by the charming old col hunter at the otherwise deserted summit he s correct.

La madeleine free of cars. The south side via montgellafrey.