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Tende

Fort Colle Alto – Col de Tende loop from Castérino

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Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Nice

Tende

Fort Colle Alto – Col de Tende loop from Castérino

Hard

4.9

(7)

125

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Fort Colle Alto – Col de Tende loop from Castérino

03:33

35.7km

1,100m

Cycling

Hard bike 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 accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 29, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Parc national du Mercantour (cœur)

Parc national du Mercantour (aire d'adhésion)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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7.72 km

Opera 263 bis-264-265

Fort

9.39 km

Asile Arnaldi

Alpine Hut

13.9 km

Fort de Marguerie

Fort

16.5 km

Central Fort -Col di Tenda

Highlight • Monument

A very beautiful and characteristic path where training is a marvel.

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16.8 km

Fort Colle Alto

Highlight • Historical Site

Beautiful and strong. Although, to be honest, a few signs with historical information — dates, context, curiosities — wouldn't hurt. But the French cousins are evidently not interested.

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17.9 km

Start of the Via del Sale Gravel Road

Highlight • Trail

19.1 km

Entrance to the Salt Road (Alta Via del Sale)

Highlight • Trail

from the hurdle onwards you go towards the don barbera, morgantini hut, if you want to pass the duke's pass and go down to the pesio gate, from the barriers …

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20.0 km

Col de Tende

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The Tenda Pass, at an altitude of 1,871 meters, is renowned for its fortifications and the "road of 50 hairpin bends", which crosses the pass connecting the Vermenagna valley, in …

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20.6 km

France–Italy Border Marker 190

Highlight • Monument

25.7 km

Peyrefique Pass

Highlight (Segment) • Other

Pass road from the Col de Tende to Casterino, from there it goes on to Tende

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35.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.6 km

5.64 km

484 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

19.0 km

14.5 km

2.20 km

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 21 August

18°C

8°C

13 %

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Comments

June 12, 2025,Sortie à vélo

Emergency route to access the start of the Alta Via del Sale from Castérino, in front of the access road via the 46 hairpin bends of the Tende flight, closed.
The track is in very poor condition up to the Tende pass. Gravel is not recommended. 🫣
The reward: superb surroundings and scenery. 😄

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Fort Colle Alto – Col de Tende loop from Castérino

Central Fort -Col di Tenda

Fort Colle Alto

Start of the Via del Sale Gravel Road

Entrance to the Salt Road (Alta Via del Sale)

Col de Tende

Bunker del Colle di Tenda

France–Italy Border Marker 190

Peyrefique Pass

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