MONTE THABOR tour 2 days

Good morning bikers dedicated to cyclo-mountaineering.....

I insert a 2-day tour done the company of @paiogs and @AlbertoZecchi .

The itinerary is entirely on French land although close to the Italian border.

Start from the Re Magi refuge in Valle Stretta with good initial pedaling until the end of the cartroad. Now on ST push shoulder we pass a steep section and then return alternating between nice pedaled sections and some pushes until below Lake Peyron that we will reach and pass with shoulder push until we reach the plateau before the col de Meandes that we will reach by pedal. From here until the summit it will be push or shoulder. We will conquer the summit of the beautiful Mount Thabor ( second time for me) . From the summit breathtaking views everywhere....lakes ,lakes , walls and more...

We descend on fantastic trail to the col and now we divert in other direction to the col du Vallon making a beautiful descent in the presence of the Gran Seru. We restart pedal push pedal until the steepest final part of the col du Vallon that will take us a little longer. From the col we take the beautiful and classic descent to Nevache...which we could take but ignore to climb up a steep trail to lac blanc and the pass of the same name. Until now the trail was beautiful and medium technical ...from here the difficulties become very very high until we cross the lac du Laramon . Some sections a few steps on foot ... few but beware of the technique otherwise.... High difficulty

From the lake the trail softens and gives us a beautiful and very long radiata on Swiss style combed trail with hairpin ending....

Landing in the valley remains the final climb to the Buffere hut where we spent the night...awkward middle slopes that we pushed up on foot.

We crossed the hut threshold at 1940 with soup already on the table and showers closed.....