This ride goes through some amazing scenery right in the heart of the Queyras with stunning views. The ride starts out, like so many around here, with a bit of a climb, 800m up to the Sommet Bucher at 2254m. The Bucher sits right in the centre of the Queyras and from it you can [...]
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This is a great easy ride out of the ski resort of Risoul at 1850m. The path is all 4×4 and not at all technical as there is only just over 300m of climbing in the whole 9k ride. After an initial climb out of the ski resort up to around 2000m the track then [...]
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The Escreins valley is a dramatic remote valley and a paradise of flora and fauna just to the south east of Guillestre. In fact the Rif Bel, the torrent that flows past our house, starts up at the head of the Escreins valley. To get into the valley you either have to walk up the [...]
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This trail starts out with a long hard climb from Arvieux at 1500m to Col de Furfande at 2500m. It is pretty constant gradient and was a fairly arduous 2h30 slog. The forestry trail that we climbed up is open to Vehicles though up to 2155m so you could cut quite a bit off the [...]
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I had already read about this ride so when Stew mentioned that he was heading up to ride it I jumped at the opportunity to tag along. There were two other local bikers, both called Pete, as well as an Irish kayaker called Barry in the team.
Filed under: Photo on June 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
This circuit was real adventure mountain biking, if you don’t like having to carry your bike then this is not the circuit for you. It starts here at the Chateau and heads up into the Val d’Escreins up past the marble quarry. The initial climb is on 4×4 track and then it changes to singletrack [...]
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This ride has one of the best, if not the best, singletrack descents that I have ever ridden. Starting near St Crepin the first section of climb on road can be avoided by running a two car shuffle. On arriving at the small hamlet of Moussiere at 1850m we were already in need of some [...]
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The ski station of Risoul sits at 1850m on the hillside above Guillestre. It is a great resort to ski in in the winter and they run a few lifts for mountain biking in the summer. Out of season though the 1000m descent from the station to the valley floor is a great ride if [...]
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This little circuit can be done in about an hour so is ideal for an evening blast or it can be linked up with a couple of other rides like the Circuit de Barbein. It has a fairly easy steady climb on 4×4 through a little hamlet and up onto the sides of the Durance [...]
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This circuit starts off down at the hot springs at Plan de Phazy and initially there is a couple of klicks on tarmac before hitting the 4×4 track. This takes you up past La Traverse and Languieu where there are a lot of nice houses dotted around before hitting one of the steepest sections of [...]
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This ride is a full day circuit starting out from the picturesque Chateau Queyras. There is 1900m of climbing on this 35k circuit, and a rewarding 1900m of descending too. It climbs initially up through the Bois du Peyron towards the Sommet Bucher before dropping back down to Molines-en-Quyeras where it crosses the road leading [...]
Filed under: Photo on May 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
It was a pretty grim and overcast Sunday for a change. Emma, Ollie and I went for a small walk from the car park at the end of the hidden Val d’Escreins up past the Cabane des Chalances to where the path crosses the river up at La Gourre.
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