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Arêches Village Center – Fairy Lake loop from Beaufort

Arêches Village Center – Fairy Lake loop from Beaufort

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Arêches Village Center – Fairy Lake loop from Beaufort

03:31

41.7km

1,450m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 21, 2026

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 8.13 km for 5.39 km

Closed: • December-April (otherwise open)

After 28.2 km for 5.39 km

Closed: • December-April (otherwise open)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.02 km

Montée vers Arêches

Highlight • Other

About 6 km of climbing between Beaufort and Arêches. Quite heavy traffic, but lots of cyclists.

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6.51 km

Arêches Village Center

Highlight • Settlement

Starting point for many mountain bike routes. We can stay a few days. Bakery, caterer, convenience store and restaurants - all on site.

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8.05 km

View of Arêches

Highlight • Viewpoint

View of Arêches from the Saint-Guérin road, end of the day.

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8.08 km

Pont des Gerois

Highlight • Bridge

A minimum of attention for cyclists with wheels of less than 30 mm: the spacing of the metal slats is limited.

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18.6 km

Fairy Lake

Highlight • Lake

It is a superb little high altitude lake with crystal clear waters.

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20.8 km

Cormet d'Arêches

Highlight • Mountain Pass

It's called Cormet d'Arêches.

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38.3 km

From Beaufort to Lake Guérin

Highlight (Segment) • Other

This is the main valley road. By mountain bike I prefer to go up to Arêches by the small roads. Take the Rue Confluent at the roundabout near the cheese …

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40.2 km

Beaufort Bakery

Highlight • Cafe

A really nice bakery in Beaufort. It's either the perfect reward after the descent from the Cormet de Roseland, or the necessary motivation to start the climbs to come.

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41.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.2 km

6.43 km

1.12 km

Surfaces

35.2 km

5.42 km

1.01 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,090 m)

Lowest point (710 m)

Weather

Sunday 12 July

28°C

17°C

0 %

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Comments

July 11, 2024,Cormet d'Areches 2107m

Today there were exactly two directions, steep uphill and steep downhill.
Great scenery, the 1500m of elevation were easily served up over 21km 😬.
Lots of asphalt and a few km of easy gravel.

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August 26, 2022,Cormet d'Areches (2108 m)

Today I wanted to insert a rest day - didn't quite work out. The description of the Cormet d'Areches can be found here: quaeldich.de/paesse/cormet-d-areches
Luckily I had mounted 40 gravel tires, otherwise I would not have managed the last 3.5 km. That was very rough gravel, but definitely worth it:
- incredibly lonely and with little traffic
- scenically very …

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Arêches Village Center – Fairy Lake loop from Beaufort

Montée vers Arêches

Arêches Village Center

View of Arêches

Pont des Gerois

Fairy Lake

Cormet d'Arêches

From Beaufort to Lake Guérin

Beaufort Bakery

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