Cormet de Roselend is located at an altitude of 1968m.a.s.l.
Below is a suggested route starting in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, climbing up to Cormet de Roselend, descending the same road and then returning to Aime via the Verte de Tarentaise cycle path, along the l'Isère river:
Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Cormet de Roselend - Aime 54 km
Cormet de Roselend - 1968m.a.s.l. from Bourg-Saint-Maurice:
1. Directions:
How to get to Aime, where to stay, rent a bike or park the car, can be found here
2. Route description with suggestions for meal and/or water refueling stops:
We take a regional train to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, where we start our route following the map;
- 0,2km: (817m.a.s.l.) at the second roundabout, take the D902 road - signposted for Cormet de Roselend;
- 19,5km: Cormet de Roselend (1968m.a.s.l.) - destination reached;
The climb profile from Bourg-Saint-Maurice (0,2km) to Cormet de Roselend (19,5km) can be found on: climbfinder.com and cyclingcols.com
We return on the same road;
- 38,9km: Bourg-Saint-Maurice centrum (817m.a.s.l.) is a good place for coffee/lunch - location of gastronomic points on mapy.cz; we descend from the roundabout in the direction indicated by the sign - cycling route: Balcons de Tarentaise and Funiculaire parking lots;
- 39,9km: (809m.a.s.l.) we enter the Verte de Tarentaise cycling route at the roundabout and ride along the Isère river to Aime;
- The ascent to Cormet de Roselend is presented on Indoor Cycling Training on the
Bike the World YouTube channel;
Statistics on Cormet de Roselend are available on: procyclingstats.com
Download the route in: gpx
Statistics of the ascent to Cormet de Roselend:
- start at an altitude of 817m.a.s.l. (0,7km) finish at 1968m.a.s.l. (20,9km)
- total elevation difference: 1166m
- distance: 20,2km
- average gradient: 6%
- max gradient on a 100m stretch: 12,9%
Cormet de Roselend w Google Street View: