2° Motorbikes turn of the Peaks Edition 2004

        We have decided to participate in this experimental initiative of the Committee Regional FMI Piedmont not so much to see "sets new" in what will see that are places that have already visited, on the contrary for the context, the organization and the company!  

    This motion turn is an initiative that is being born for looking for a' alternative activity in comparison to the normal motion assembles, that from many (me inclusive) a they are considered a little too much "static"; it is composed of two times in different days, in which from a basic place of departure, through a more binding run, he comes in a place of meeting and I rearranges.

1 time Sunday June 6 th The Valley of Aosta's pass

144  Km.

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       With departure from the motorway tollgate of Verres we take the Val of Ayas up to the country of Brusson where we take for the With the de Joux (1640 m.s.ms.), the sight on the valley is really magnificent, we see under of us Saint Vincent, goes down and quickly enters among his/her houses!     We continue along the fund valley, we go beyond the chief town Aosta and always continuing along the government one we reach the center of Verres where we divert for the Pass St. Charles (1971 m.s.ms.) we are in a stately wood but without delays we go down in the basin of La Thuile from where we go up again for it covers her/it final or the Hill of the small St. Bernard (2146 m.s.ms.) where can consume the lunch and to find again together us everybody to exchange us the impressions of the turn!

2 Tappa domenica 18 luglio  I passi più alti d'Europa

164  Km.

        This time him part from Vinadio and climbing for the steep but beautiful valley of Sant'Anna him it reaches the Hill of the Lombarda (2351 m.s.ms.), a steep descent and it is reached the station skiing French of Island 2000 and from here the center of Island, is by now on the fund valley, the road he unties wide and under good conditions, making to also dare you a little!  

        We reach the country of Saint Etienne de Tinée where the road immediately changes: he tightens and the fund is very consumed, he quickly climbs and through holds curved and fast slant we arrive in rapids succession to the Bonette Pass (2715 m.s.m.) and to the de Restefond Pass (2680 m.s.ms.).  

        The binding part is by now passed, there we relax and we begin the descent, the coolness that there he had accompanied he leaves the place to the sultriness of the I found valley, we reach Jausiers and going up again the course of the stream Ubaye we are to the alternative for the Pass of the Maddalena (1996 m.s.ms.) or Larche for the French, him we cross and coming in Italy, crosses the whole Stura valley and we return to Vinadio where we grant us a deserved lunch and rest.

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 Test of Boldness Saturday and Sunday August 21-22 th

999  Km

    This is an initiative that ties him to the motorbike trip of Easter and to the aforesaid motion you turn, more complex, long and binding: it articulates in 2 days, where will almost all cross the Alps Occidentali, from Switzerland until to a footstep from the sea!  

    We find us to Aosta, the time it promises well and in small groups we depart to the time of the Gran St. Bernard; unfortunately the sun lasts few and almost on the top are welcomed by a beautiful storm of snow! We pass in Switzerland to the flight, snow becomes water and us her we bring behind thin in France after having crossed the With de Forclaz.  

    Thin to now void visibility! We travel in the fog and we realize only the imposing mountains that we have nearby; after Chamonix her rain stops but it is everything wet however, imposing us a ridiculous hourly average, we continue and we salt on the Coimets de Roselend where we find the first snow of the season.  

    We go down in val of Isere that we finally cross with some boldness up to climb the with de Iseran: icy wind, snow and 1 centigrade degree! We quickly go down and Modane, that we reach late afternoon by now in the aim; from here, following it valley, diverts and climbs in order the with du Télégraphe, the Galibier and we go down to the Lautaret from where, with the last 30 km of the day, we reach Briançon

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      Luckily the second day lifts there with a stupendous sun that induces us to make these last necks: we immediately salt on the Izoard with the his lunar landscape, goes down and we take toward Guillestre where we divert for the Vars that we find absorbed in a nice fair of tuning. He now goes down definite toward Barcellonette where we find the alternative for the Cayolle: the road until to now beautiful and fast molt of hit, leaving the place to a narrow roadway and flood of patches.  

    We go down from the Cayolle in the beautiful town of Valberg but we immediately go up again toward the with de Couillole from where we finally find a asphalt worthy of this name!  

    You now goes down in the valley of the river Tinée characterized by the possession all the red rocks; the road is very beautiful and fast and in a nothing let's be to Island where salt for crossing the Lombarda and finally in Italy! We are in our usual traffic of the reentry from the valleys and with calm we reach Wedge for the breakup of the demonstration.