Lac de Pontechianale – Chianale loop from Chianale

Lac de Pontechianale – Chianale loop from Chianale

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Lac de Pontechianale – Chianale loop from Chianale

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93.3km

2,850m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 14, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 262 m for 9.66 km

Closed: • October-June (otherwise open)

After 40.0 km for 9.66 km

Closed: • October-June (otherwise open)

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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9.87 km

Col Agnel / Colle dell'Agnello

Mountain Pass

24.9 km

Aigue Agnelle Valley

Highlight • Natural

Small village within the beautiful Queyras park.

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25.1 km

Molines-en-Queyras

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This beautiful place has partly retained the character of an old farmer's and shepherd's village. A short walk through the village is highly recommended. Today the residents live mainly from …

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28.4 km

Ascent to Col Agnel / Colle dell'Agnello

Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass

Nice quiet little road (D205T) to Col Agnel through a barren high alpine landscape.
More information: quaeldich.de/paesse/col-d-agnel and de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queyras

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49.9 km

Chianale Village

Highlight • Settlement

Nicknamed the Borgo di Pietra, Chianale is a small village of Occitan culture located at 1800 meters above sea level and recently included in the list of the most beautiful villages in Italy.

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54.2 km

Lac de Pontechianale

Highlight • Lake

On foot or by bike, the lakeside is beautiful, even on the more pedestrianised southern side.

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55.1 km

Lago artificiale di Castello

Lake

64.1 km

Torrette hamlet

Highlight • Settlement

A wonderfully-restored Val Varaita village with intricate streets and incredible slate rooftops.

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92.5 km

Chianale

Highlight • Settlement

A quintessential Piemontese mountain farming village. Charming, beautiful and with a sense of connection to a very different world of old.

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92.5 km

Chianale

Highlight • Settlement

Chianale, a hamlet of Pontechianale, is one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. It is located at the entrance to the road that leads to Colle dell'Agnello, the crossing between Italy and France.

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93.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

71.4 km

17.9 km

3.67 km

301 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

71.1 km

16.8 km

1.86 km

1.61 km

1.53 km

545 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,730 m)

Lowest point (960 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

11°C

1°C

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Comments

August 5, 2022,Torino/Nice J4 - Col d’Agnel

Challenge of the day: pass the Col d'Agnel before the storm!
From the campsite, rather than returning to the village, I choose to follow a track that directly catches up with my track… mistake! It's actually a hiking trail and I have to push the bike straight down the slope! As a gentle warm-up, there's better!
I join well-laden bikes …

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August 2, 2023,Über den Passo Agnello zur Meira Garneri

Today we started again directly from the accommodation. First the 20km ramp to the col d'agnel which, to our great surprise, is very pleasant to drive and there are also significantly fewer motorbikes on the road than on the col d'Izoard.
It goes through beautiful villages up to 2711m or so. The way down is really steep and then stretched …

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