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Chalet Le Marmotte – View of Forte Centrale loop from Limonetto

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Chalet Le Marmotte – View of Forte Centrale loop from Limonetto

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Chalet Le Marmotte – View of Forte Centrale loop from Limonetto

04:51

42.0km

1,510m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc national du Mercantour (aire d'adhésion)

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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5.99 km

Chalet Le Marmotte

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Reachable by the asphalted road to Colle di Tenda, it is a fundamental support point for many excursions and bike rides in the upper Vermenangna Valley!

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7.02 km

View of Forte Centrale

Highlight • Historical Site

Passage inside the central fort very suggestive

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8.04 km

Start of Cabanaira Downhill (Bike Park Limone)

Highlight • MTB Park

Pretty trail

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15.3 km

Colle della Boaria Hairpin on the Via del Sale

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Colle della Boaria is one of the most iconic points of the entire Alta Via del Sale due to its incredible hairpin bend overlooking the void.

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16.8 km

View of the Carsene Basin

Highlight • Viewpoint

Excellent dirt road

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19.4 km

Via del Sale between Col de la Boaria and Rifugio Don Barbera

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Beautiful landscapes immersed in nature. At times it looks like a lunar landscape.

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23.2 km

Col des Seigneurs / Colle del lago dei Signori

Mountain Pass

30.7 km

Col de la Boaire / Colle della Boaria

Mountain Pass

32.9 km

Lake Gias della Pera

Highlight • Lake

This curiously shaped alpine lake makes this stretch of the Alta Via del Sale even more beautiful.

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40.7 km

Napoleon's Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

Napoleon's gallery, those who want to venture inside the starada once continued, now I don't know if it is viable !!!!!

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42.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.0 km

7.00 km

Surfaces

32.0 km

7.05 km

2.50 km

361 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 10 August

24°C

14°C

49 %

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Comments

June 27, 2025,UN PO DI VIA DEL SALE CON INAUGURAZIONE TUNNEL TENDA

TODAY A LITTLE WAY OF SALE PASSING THROUGH THE BEC ROUSS OR I HAD AN UNUSUAL ENCOUNTER TWO BOYS ON HORSEBACK WITH A DONKEY BEHIND WHO WAS CARRYING THE EQUIPMENT BUT THE SPECIAL THING IS THAT WHEN I ARRIVED BEHIND THE DONKEY ON THE BIKE HE SAW ME AND MOVED TO ONE SIDE LET ME PASS AND RESUMED HIS CRAZY …

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August 22, 2023,Da Limone Piemonte al Rifugio Don Barbera

Ascent with the first 15 km on asphalt SS 20, to arrive at the Chalet delle Marmotte at an altitude of 1800. 3 km on a dirt road and you arrive at the toll booth of the legendary Via del Sale. Another 14-15 km to reach the Don Barbera refuge.

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July 22, 2023,Da Limone Piemonte al rifugio don Barbera Via del sale

Round trip from lemon.
From the chairlift 🚠 you pay €1

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July 20, 2024,La Via del Sale fra il forte tabourn e il rifugio Don Barbera

I think the GPS was acting up because I was. I started from Limone 1400 and the altitude difference and km are not at all precise

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August 22, 2023,Dal Rifugio Don Barbera a Limone Piemonte

Return by the same route with some variations to see the forts at Col di Tenda.

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August 31, 2023,Via del Sale da Limone Piemonte a rifugio don Barbera 1° tappa

Moving time approximately 3h15m. Average speed 11.2 km/h

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July 27, 2025,Panice soprana, Becco Rosso, Tabourt, boaria e don barbera.. best of Via del Sale

Beautiful ride starting from Limonetto
Via del Sale with a mountain bike variant from Becco Rosso to Colle della Perla. From there, head to Boaria and up to Don Barbera for a quick refreshment.
Return on a paved road.

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