Week stay - Albertville

Discover the mountains around the Olympic city

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Intermediate

Mixed

12 available places

Star-shaped

Come and spend an unforgettable cycling holiday in the Olympic city whose cycling reputation is well established. Bike&Trip takes you to discover no less than 5 different mountains ranges around Albertville during this week.

 

The day of your arrival at the accommodation located in Albertville, after a briefing and a bike check, a group cohesion ride is planned.

 

Then the next day, you will discover one of the most beautiful mountains of the area: the Beaufortain with its famous dams and Cormet de Roselend with a must-see stop in Beaufort, well known for its cheese.

 

Then comes the massif de Lauzière on the Tarentaise side and Maurienne side with a return by beautiful small roads in the Maurienne valley.

In the middle of the week, a smoother ride where you will flirt with the massif des Bauges before climbing the col de  Tamié.

 

The next day, direction the massif des Aravis by passes regularly climb on the largest cycling race in the world, riding between Savoie and Haute-Savoie with a passage through the massif des Bauges on the way back.

 

The week will end with a ride in the massif des Bauges that will take you overlooking the majestic Annecy lake whose color of its water is a splendid turquoise.

Les points forts de cette semaine :

  •  Accommodation quietly located in the town of Mercury, labeled ecolodge.
  • A perfect blend of mythical passes and more confidential passes that have nothing to envy the greatest.
  • Local graduated guide
  • Support vehicle for transport of luggage for the day, refuelling and mechanical assistance.
  • Small group (12 people maximum) for a privileged cycling experience.

Level

Intermediate level for this trip. Between 60 and 120 km per day with between 1500 and 2700 m of positive elevation. This means that you are frequently riding and have already ridden about 100 km per day.


Highlights of the trip :

  •  Accommodation quietly located in the town of Mercury, labeled ecolodge.
  • A perfect blend of mythical passes and more confidential passes that have nothing to envy the greatest.
  • Local graduated guide
  • Support vehicle for transport of luggage for the day, refuelling and mechanical assistance.
  • Small group (12 people maximum) for a privileged cycling experience.

Level

Intermediate level for this trip. Between 60 and 120 km per day with between 1500 and 2700 m of positive elevation. This means that you are frequently riding and have already ridden about 100 km per day.


Schedule

Previsional program, subject to change according to weather conditions, events beyond our control or for safety reasons.

Sunday, September 15th, 2024

Arrival in Albertville

56 km d+ 660m

Briefing and bike check

Group cohesion ride

Installation in rooms

Lundi 16 septembre2024

Ride in Beaufortain

104 km d+2600 m

Col du Méraillet – Cormet de Roselend –Roselend dam – Col des Prés – Arêches – Beaufort

Beaufort cheese cooperative visit

Mardi 17 septembre 2024

Massif de la Lauzière

118 km d+2300 m

Olympic valley – Col de la Madeleine –Maurienne valley – Combe de Savoie 

Savoie wines tasting

Mercredi 18 septembre 2024

Flirting with massif des Bauges

61 km d+ 1500 m

Bonvillard – Bonvillaret – Aiton – Col de Tamié – Collet de Tamié 

Ice-cream at fort de Tamié

In option : 1 entrance for spa - access to aqualudic area

Jeudi 19 septembre 2024

Massif des Aravis

100 km d+1500 m

Col de l’Epine – Col du Marais –Buffy - Annecy lake - Col de Tamié

Mechanical workshop

Vendredi 20 septembre 2024

Ride in Bauges

98 km d+1800 m

Wines road – Col du Fresne – Châtelard – Col de Leschaud – Annecy lake 

Saturday, September 21st, 2024

Departure & Check-out

End of the trip in the morning





Full board :

  • Breakfast as a buffet
  • Lunch as picnic
  • Dinner (starter/main course/dessert)

Meals are adapted to the nutritional needs of athletes


Refueling: during cycling


Accommodation :

You will stay in an ecological cottage located on the heights of Albertville, in the Bauges Natural Park in Mercury. In the quiet of nature, the view is splendid on the surrounding mountains. The cottage is an old farmhouse completely renovated on an ecological concept.


You will stay in a double room with bathroom and toilet.

Available places

Number of available places : 12

Guaranteed departure with minimum 6 participants


Payment terms: A deposit of 30% is required at the reservation to validate. The remaining balance must be paid no later than 1 month before the start of the stay. Payment must be made by bank transfer.


Refund policy: The reservation of the stay is validated by the payment of the deposit, not refundable. The deposit will be refunded only in case of stay cancellation by Bike&Trip. For more details about our refund policy, please refer to our GTC.


Cancellation insurance, assistance and repatriation: We recommend you to subscribe a cancellation insurance, assistance, repatriation for the purchase of a stay. Bike&Trip offers you in stays options to subscribe to the formula AVA Tourist Card proposed by AVA Assurances. For the general conditions of the insurance contract, click here. Bike&Trip only serves as an intermediary between you and the insurance company. You can also take out cancellation, assistance and repatriation insurance of your choice.


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