Varaita Trail – Sampeyre Pass loop from Maddalena

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Varaita Trail – Sampeyre Pass loop from Maddalena

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Varaita Trail – Sampeyre Pass loop from Maddalena

05:29

51.5km

1,860m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 46.6 km for 1.03 km

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

1.22 km

Lago artificiale di Castello

Lake

3.59 km

Bridge over the Varaita

Highlight • Bridge

Wooden bridge to cross the Varaita

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8.98 km

Torrette hamlet

Highlight • Settlement

A wonderfully-restored Val Varaita village with intricate streets and incredible slate rooftops.

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9.50 km

Varaita Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Nice path surrounded by nature. great for evening walks or as a return by mountain bike to Sampeyre

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26.2 km

View of Sampeyre

Highlight • Viewpoint

Well deserved rest at the Sampeyre campsite

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31.7 km

It is a difficult pass, with an average gradient of 7.6% and a passage of 10.8%. It is classified in the passes out of category by professional cyclists. The fabulous landscapes are there to encourage you!

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31.7 km

Statue of the Virgin Mary at Colle di Sampeyre

Highlight • Monument

Beautiful hill, also reachable by the cannon road

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31.7 km

Descent on La Strada dei Cannoni from Colle di Sampeyre

Highlight • Trail

Beautiful road after the maintenance work done last year it is an S0 suitable for everyone

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37.9 km

Bicocca Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Colle della Bicocca can be reached by following the panoramic Via dei Cannoni, and from here you can enjoy a splendid panorama. The gaze runs between Val Varaita and Val Maira and on the horizon you can easily recognize Monviso and Monte Pelvo.

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51.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.2 km

21.8 km

5.26 km

1.33 km

Surfaces

14.1 km

11.5 km

10.1 km

8.16 km

7.46 km

286 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,270 m)

Lowest point (960 m)

Weather

Tuesday 3 November

-1°C

-3°C

96 %

Additional weather tips

It’s going to be cold. Wrap up warm and watch out for ice.

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Comments

August 16, 2024,sampeyre e bicocca

From Pontechianale down towards Sampeyre and up to the hill.
Strada della Bicocca and down to the church.
From there I went up a bit to do some training and then back to Pontechianale

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June 15, 2025,Colle di Sampeyre - Colle della Bicocca e discesa in val Bellino

The climb is all on asphalt, the stretch of the road of the cannons up to the hill is super panoramic. The descent from the Bicocca hill is challenging, 60% S2 - 35% S3 - 5% S4. It is worth doing at least once. The path from the village of Chiesa to Casteldelfino is a bit abandoned. The cycle path …

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August 31, 2025,Sampeyre, Torrette, Bellino.

Beautiful, a truly stunning and easy tour.
Due to its length, it requires some fitness.
The only difficult part is the descent from the Bicocca pass, which is slippery and steep.
Part of this requires accompanying your bike.
I had lunch at the Melezé refuge in Bellino, a charming place, kind people, and excellent food.

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July 27, 2025,Bicocca - Chiesa

I'm reporting anyway, even though I lost track on the way back from Chiesa to Sampeyre, where I followed the dirt road on the right bank of the river.

It's a ride I'm doing for the third time, struggling more and more on the asphalt of Sampeyre, where I'm overtaken by a number of road cyclists, but I really enjoyed …

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June 22, 2024,Sampeyre - Monte Morfreid - Sentiero U7

The Cuneo Alps are a sweet embrace of mother nature: very green up to the top, they envelop your gaze with their soft and varied slopes. If you add to this expanses of flowers as far as the eye can see, woods and streams, this is the feeling that these mountains communicate to you: enchantment! So much wonder helps along …

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