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View of Lac de Roselend – Serpentine Route loop from Barrage de Roselend

View of Lac de Roselend – Serpentine Route loop from Barrage de Roselend

Hard

4.9

(45)

1,788

riders

View of Lac de Roselend – Serpentine Route loop from Barrage de Roselend

03:41

58.0km

1,700m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

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After 74 m for 16.4 km

Closed: • November(Middle)-May(Middle) (otherwise open)

After 41.6 km for 16.4 km

Closed: • November(Middle)-May(Middle) (otherwise open)

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.15 km

View of Lac de Roselend

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Always beautiful view of the reservoir and the mountains.

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10.1 km

Cormet de Roselend

Mountain Pass

15.4 km

Viewpoint

16.5 km

Towards Chapieux

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Junction between the Cormet road and the Chapieux road. If you have time, take the road to Ville des Glaciers, after Les Chapieux: magnificent view of the Glaciers valley.

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17.7 km

Route du Cormet

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This section of the road crosses a striking valley, between Crêt Bettex and Les Chapieux.

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20.1 km

Serpentine Route

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This section of road provides a lot of "fun", because at this precise place it becomes serpentine and has many turns.

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29.0 km

Towards Cormet de Roselend

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Milestone marking the start of the climb towards the Cormet de Roselend: 19 km at ~6% average.

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33.9 km

Departure from Roseland to Maurice

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Dreamlike descent, but the upper section is nicer.

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35.9 km

Into the climbing of Cormet se Roselend

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Grandiose landscape, a dream as a descent.

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50.6 km

Plan de la Lai Refuge

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Unfortunately closed, but water source and dry toilet available.

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58.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

57.8 km

201 m

Surfaces

57.9 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,970 m)

Lowest point (830 m)

Weather

Wednesday 8 July

22°C

12°C

13 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

July 17, 2021,Nice day out

There's is a reason why this is my favourite local climb and today was stunning with blue skies and big fluffy clouds. A there and back with a delicious late lunch at @pausecoffeekurtos as a reward for our efforts 😁👍😎

February 22, 2025,Cormet de Roselend / France

The Cormet de Roselend is one of the most varied routes in the Alps and connects Albertville in the west with Bourg St. Maurice in the east. While it is still wooded in the section between Beaufort and the Col de Méraillet forepass, the forest ends right there and offers a breathtaking view of the Lac de Roselend (1533 m). …

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September 2, 2021,Evening spin up the Cormet du Roselend

Sunset ride up to the Cormet and back down for dinner 👌

July 27, 2024,Cormet de Roselend🥰 diesmal Ostauffahrt

The Cormet de Roselend is one of the most varied routes in the Alps and connects Albertville in the west with Bourg St. Maurice in the east. I fell in love with this pass in 2018 when we drove the western ascent 😍, on the eastern ascent you can see the glacier L' Aiguille des Glaciers 3816m 🤩 at km …

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September 6, 2023,Sunset Roselend

One of the best road climbs in the world at the most magical time of day, pure heaven 😍

August 27, 2022,Traumtour 😍 über den Cormet de Roselend

In perfect cycling weather, I started at 9:30 a.m. for the Cormet de Roselend. I took over 150 photos on this tour, it was that beautiful. At first it all started quite harmlessly, a bit of a beautiful gorge, beautiful rocks, beautiful serpentines...
Then I come to the Lac de Roselend reservoir and am speechless, what a blaze of colour! …

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September 5, 2023,Route des Grandes Alpes, Tag 3, Cormet de Roselend

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View of Lac de Roselend – Serpentine Route loop from Barrage de Roselend

View of Lac de Roselend

Towards Chapieux

Route du Cormet

Serpentine Route

Towards Cormet de Roselend

Departure from Roseland to Maurice

Into the climbing of Cormet se Roselend

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