Colle del Lys - Lago di Malciaussią - Colle del Benot
210 km.
We take advantage of these first days of sun immediately to do a small turn to go out of the winter lethargy!
Taking for Cumiana we immediately attach his Colletta; we go down in Giaveno and in a nothing we are on the shore of the lakes of Avigliana, crosses the city and the valley of Susa and goes up again on the opposite slant, crossing Almese and Rubiana, the road already not very beautiful is still ruined during the past winter, unfortunately the holes and the gravel don't help.
We arrive on the hill of the Lys but the desire it is too then we immediately go down for reaching the valley of Vił, comforted from a road really under best conditions, from here we go up again with the intention to reach the lake of Malciaussia, through the fund valley crossing the countries of Oven, Usseglio and Margone.
We begin the last slope toward the lake, the valley he tightens and it quickly climbs, we are out of the chaos and surrounded from beautiful alpeggi.
The road is beautiful and sinuous and brings us to a first "step" that we go up again with a to follow him of narrow curves beforehand march, emerges in a second floor that we quickly cross, thin to arrive to a deep throat closed by a dike: we also emerge this time and we arrive in the basin of the artificial lake of Malciaussia with the stately Rocciamelone that reflects him in the water.
We deserve down there a beautiful break in the neighbor shelter and then we return on our footsteps but reaches the alternative of Margone we decide to try a new street.
Push HERE for the printable version of the mapYou climbs for a tortuous road but after few kilometers we arrive on the plain breadth of Pian Benot the small station, skiing of the Val Vił, we immediately take advantage of a pleasant cafe for a small snack.
Reassured we leave again crossing to bashful the hold valley, arrives in the chief town Vił and immediately continues for Lanzo where we take the provincial road n.1 that coasting along the park of the Herd brings us to Venaria Reale and from here in tangential. A last run and we are at home.