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Great St Bernard Hospice – Col du Grand Saint-Bernard loop from Bourg-Saint-Pierre

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Great St Bernard Hospice – Col du Grand Saint-Bernard loop from Bourg-Saint-Pierre

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Great St Bernard Hospice – Col du Grand Saint-Bernard loop from Bourg-Saint-Pierre

10:06

132km

3,430m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 29, 2026

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 68.6 km for 18.6 km

Closed: • October-May (otherwise open)

After 107 km for 18.5 km

Closed: • October-May (otherwise open)

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18.4 km

Sembrancher

Highlight • Settlement

The original church dates from 1286 and had a bell tower and an adjoining chapel called the Chapelle du Sépulcre.
The current church was built in 1686 and contains four altars:
The main altar is dedicated to Saint-Étienne.
The Rosary altar dates from 1861.
The altar of Saint-Joseph is linked to the Holy Sepulchre.
The altar of Sainte-Catherine.
The masterpiece on the main altar, depicting the martyrdom of Saint-Étienne, was painted by Laurent Ritz.

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30.8 km

La Bâtiaz Covered Bridge, Martigny

Highlight • Bridge

Pont de la Bâtiaz (wooden bridge), Martigny
This is the last wooden bridge in Valais that is still navigable.
Here, a bridge was swept away by the floods of the Dranse river in 1635 and later by the Giétroz debacle (1818). A new bridge was then built in 1829, covered with a structure supported by larch wood arches. The bridge was consolidated in 1920 and is the last arched bridge in Valais that is still navigable.
Text / Source: Office de Tourisme de Martigny
martigny.com/de/aktivitaten/holzbruecke-la-batiaz-5286/?gt-reset

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31.4 km

Martigny

Highlight • Settlement

The south begins in "Martigny": thanks to the large number of hours of sunshine, tomatoes and grapes thrive here, as well as apricots and other fruit trees. The town itself also exudes a southern atmosphere, which is further reinforced by the traces from Roman times that keep cropping up in the townscape. Martigny also benefits from a favourable location: at the crossroads of the major alpine routes over the Simplon and the Great Bernard Pass, and near various winter sports centres. It developed into an important cultural centre, partly thanks to the Fondation Pierre Gianadda.

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33.1 km

Old Town of Martigny

Highlight • Settlement

The south begins in "Martigny": thanks to the large number of hours of sunshine, tomatoes and wine grapes thrive here, in addition to apricot and other fruit trees. The city itself also exudes a southern atmosphere, which is further enhanced by the recurring traces of Roman times that appear in the cityscape. In addition, Martigny benefits from a favorable location: at the intersection of the major Alpine routes over the Simplon and Great Bernard Passes, and close to various winter sports centers. It developed into an important cultural center partly thanks to the Fondation Pierre Gianadda.

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75.0 km

Great St Bernard Hospice

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Beautiful pass road with great views. Passing height 2473 m. Difference in altitude between Martigny and Gr. St. Bernhard ca. 2,000 Hm.

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82.0 km

Rifugio, Praz d'Arc

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The prices here are more reasonable than above!

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97.1 km

Allein Village Center

Highlight • Settlement

Allein is a small jewel perched on the slopes of Mont Saron. Allein's origins are lost in the mists of time. It is hypothesized that its name derives from the Latin "Allius", or from the presence of the Alans, a Sarmatian tribe that settled here in the 5th century AD. Other scholars, however, trace it back to medieval Germanic contamination. The Roman era has left its mark on the territory: in 1856 several silver coins dating back to the Republican era were found, today kept in the Académie Saint-Anselme museum in Aosta. In the Middle Ages, Allein belonged to the Lordship of Gignod, then passing under the dominion of the Savoy in the 16th century.

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119 km

Col du Grand Saint-Bernard

Highlight • Mountain Pass

This climb is something incredible: it doesn't have difficult gradients but it's long, very long, endless. You reach a point where you almost hate it: you've been cycling for well over an hour and still can't see the summit, you're running out of energy and the wind keeps whipping your face, you'd like to throw your bike away and say "Enough! I'm stopping here"... but it's only for a moment, because you're the one who chose to face it and you knew perfectly well what you were getting into; you set off again with more grit than before and tackle those last few km of road with all your remaining strength.
And then you enter the tunnel, there you start to realize you've made it, you come out, follow the road that turns slightly to the left and, as if in a dream, the lake appears.
You reach the top and think about how many people throughout the centuries have traveled this road: Salassi, Romans, monks, migrants, Napoleonic soldiers... you realize you are in a place where History is dense and nature is stunning, and there you can only love this hill

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132 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

59.8 km

56.5 km

11.6 km

3.46 km

348 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

120 km

8.99 km

1.08 km

943 m

266 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,460 m)

Lowest point (470 m)

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Wednesday 29 July

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Great St Bernard Hospice – Col du Grand Saint-Bernard loop from Bourg-Saint-Pierre

Sembrancher

La Bâtiaz Covered Bridge, Martigny

Martigny

Old Town of Martigny

Great St Bernard Hospice

Rifugio, Praz d'Arc

Allein Village Center

Col du Grand Saint-Bernard

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