One hundred passes in Savoie Mont Blanc
Presentation
This 1,800 km route includes 103 passes, 6 of which are over 2,000 m (+ 18 optional passes, 2 of which are over 2,000 m), for a total altitude difference of at least 42,000 m.
This permanent trail is presented in partnership with Savoie Mont Blanc Tourisme.
Traced by Régis Paraz (Cent Cols no. 3225).
Theme
The Club des Cent Cols, founded in 1972, is affiliated to the French Cycling Federation under No. 6384, offers you this permanent walk based on a simple theme: "One hundred passes".
One hundred (three) passes, either to allow you to join the Confrérie du Club des Cent Cols, or to allow you to progress in the Confrérie's "Tableau d'Honneur", or in any case to allow you to discover or rediscover the two departments of the Pays de Savoie with a little incursion into our Helvetian neighbours, bypassing the Mont-Blanc massif.
Special features
The foothills of the Chartreuse massif, the quiet little roads of the Avant Pays Savoyard with their often little-known passes, and the last links in the Jura chain above Lac du Bourget will be your appetisers before tackling the other Savoyard massifs.
Prestigious passes such as the Galibier and Iseran, to name but a few, will bear witness to your efforts. You'll pedal through vineyards, along or over natural lakes (Aiguebelette, Bourget, Léman, Annecy...) or man-made lakes (Tignes, Roselend), through mountain pastures and sometimes under the benevolent eye of glaciers.
You'll discover all the richness and variety of these regions. In the evening, at the stopover, you can build up your strength by tasting the AOC wines produced by the different regions you have visited: white and red wines or cheeses (Tomme de Savoie, Reblochon, Beaufort, etc.).
The December 2013 issue of the Fédération Française de Cyclotourisme's "Cylotourisme" magazine contains a two-page article on this permanent ride:
Participants must have their route card checked in each of the 9 sections of the route at points chosen by the rider. Each check will take the form of either a wet stamp obtained from a shopkeeper or local authority, or an explicit photo (e.g. bike in front of a town or pass sign).
The 9 sections are as follows:
- Chambéry - Chanaz
- Chanaz - Chamoux sur Gelon
- Chamoux sur Gelon - Valloire
- Valloire - Albertville
- Albertville - Châtel
- Châtel - Cluses
- Cluses - Monnetier
- Monnetier - Annecy
- Annecy - Chambéry
Main passes
Passes over 2000 m.
- Col de la Croix de Fer
- Collet du Plan Nicolas
- Galibier pass
- Col du Mont-Cenis
- Col du Petit Mont-Cenis
- Iseran pass
- Col du Petit-St.Bernard (option)
Other collars
- Col du Granier
- Col de la Crusille
- Col du Glandon
- Cormet de Roselend
- Col du Joly
- Aravis pass
- Col des Montets
Other passes (continued)
- No Morgins
- Col de la Ramaz
- Col de la Colombière
- Col des Glières
- Col de Leschaux...
BCN and BPF sites on the route
Savoie (73)
- Hautecombe Abbey
- Mont-Revard
- Col du Glandon
- Iseran pass
- Arêches
- Conflans
Haute-Savoie (74)
- Combloux
- Argentière
- Praz-de-Lys
- Sixt-Fer à Cheval
- Menthon-St.Bernard
Rules of the game for permanent walks
All participants in this permanent trail agree to respect the game rules governing it.
For further information
Contact the Head of Permanent Rides
Jean-Marc CLEMENT
10 rue de Normandie
31120 Portet sur Garonne
FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0)5 61 76 30 12
E-mail: [email]randos@centcols.org [/email]