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Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Nice
La Brigue

Via del Sale Loop

Routes
France
Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur
Provence
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Nice
La Brigue

Via del Sale Loop

Hard

5.0

(5)

180

riders

Via del Sale Loop

09:40

87.0km

2,400m

Gravel riding

The Via del Sale Loop is one of the most beautiful tours I have ever done on a gravel bike. It is highly recommended for anyone who likes to pedal up many meters in altitude, loves magnificent landscapes and has a penchant for coarse gravel ridge roads. In short: The…

Last updated: August 13, 2024

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24.1 km

Fort Central

Highlight • Historical Site

The Fort Central is a former Italian military fort intended for the defence of the Col de Tende, on the French Italian border.

Along the Grande Alpine Traverse there are …

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32.7 km

Colle della Boaria Hairpin on the Via del Sale

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The Boaria hill ("col de la Boaire" in French) is a splendid pass in the Ligurian Alps, today on the border between Italy and France. Very close to the top, …

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

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

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41.0 km

Rifugio Don Barbera

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Rifugio Don Barbera can be reached from five different places and valleys: Carnino (Tanaro valley), Limone (Vermegnana valley), Tenda (Roja valley), Chiusa di Pesio (Pesio valley), Rastello (Ellero valley).

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87.0 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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59.7 km

13.9 km

13.1 km

242 m

< 100 m

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Surfaces

63.7 km

23.2 km

115 m

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Highest point (2,240 m)

Lowest point (700 m)

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Comments

June 25, 2022,Grand Gravel Tour del Colle di Tenda
100% Gravel ride at high altitude (almost) perfect.

Why almost: the tour should ideally be tackled Starting from Brig or Tenda, in this way you would have two advantages, first of all the hardest climb of the route, the one that starts in Brig, including a short downhill stretch that interrupts it in the second part, it would be tackled …

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September 19, 2022,Limone-Piemonte (1009m) - Colle di Tenda (1870m) - Alta Vía de la Sale - Passo Tanarello (2045m) - Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende
Spectacular route at the same time that it lasts, especially due to the state of the tracks. If you have the opportunity, I recommend doing it with a bike with suspension and wheels that are a little fatter than the 40mm ones we used.
Made in this way it could be a stage of the Torino-Nice (in which I was …

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July 22, 2025,Torino Nice Rally 2025 | Day 8. Col de Tende - La Brigue
Via del Sale 🤩 😵

Hard, oh it was hard, oh it was very hard.
Beautiful, it was beautiful, oh it was very beautiful.

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July 22, 2024,alta via del sale + alta via vecchia del sale
A great classic, this time I wanted to add the curtain variant. Unfortunately it's not that great, it's too broken down and climbs really high, you need an agile gearbox and in any case it's still very demanding, long and from a scenic point of view it's not that great, only when you go further up the hill do things …

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October 8, 2025,Via del sale gravel
It's always a great adventure to ride the Via del Sale on a gravel bike, and I have to say there's no other bike that gives you such great satisfaction on climbs. Gravel bikes have incredible climbing qualities, but the descents are truly demanding, and the Tanarello descent in particular is very physically demanding. After having done it quite a …

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December 16, 2023

The Via del Sale Loop is one of the most beautiful tours I have ever done on a gravel bike. It is highly recommended for anyone who likes to pedal up many meters in altitude, loves magnificent landscapes and has a penchant for coarse gravel ridge roads. In short: The Via del Sale is incredibly beautiful

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March 30, 2025

Note: Motorized vehicles are permitted on the LGKS on certain weekdays. Information is available online.✌🏻

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