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On the Mont Cenis dam – Moncenisio Dam loop from Moncenisio

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On the Mont Cenis dam – Moncenisio Dam loop from Moncenisio

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On the Mont Cenis dam – Moncenisio Dam loop from Moncenisio

01:56

22.0km

620m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 25, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 11.1 km for 74 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.57 km

Road sign for entry into France

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Seventeen kilometers after the start of the Mont Cenis ascent you enter France. The hardest part of the climb has already been done: the hardest kilometers of Moncenisio, in fact, are at the beginning, just after leaving Susa.

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3.17 km

Pas du Paradis

Mountain Pass

3.51 km

Rettilineo della Plaine de Saint-Nicolas (Mont-Cenis)

Highlight • Cycleway

A virtually flat straight stretch between the border and the first ramps below the Moncenisio Dam. It runs alongside the stream and offers a beautiful view of the road ramps …

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5.72 km

Moncenisio customs

Highlight • Other

The climb from the French side was very nice, not too long and not too steep. The Italian side was another matter.

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8.42 km

On the Mont Cenis dam

Highlight • Structure

This portion uses the Mont Cenis dam located at an altitude of 1,974 meters. The perspective from this dirt road is striking!

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11.1 km

Notre-Dame de l'Assomption

Highlight • Religious Site

Imposing pyramid-shaped church with great views over the lake and the mountains.

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13.3 km

Tagliata de la Cassa

Fort

16.0 km

Hameau de Grand Croix (barrage du Mont-Cenis)

Highlight • Other

As an commemorative plaque on the chapel wall explains, the village of Grand Croix is the only "original" village not to have been submerged by the lake. Unfortunately, of the …

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16.0 km

Moncenisio Dam

Highlight • Other

20.1 km

Remains of the Fell Railway (Mont Cenis Road)

Highlight • Historical Site

The Fell Railway was a railroad that connected Italy and France from 1868 to 1871, passing through Mont Cenis. At the time, the Frejus railway tunnel was being built, but …

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22.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.8 km

6.29 km

734 m

147 m

Surfaces

15.6 km

6.36 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 30 May

25°C

16°C

66 %

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On the Mont Cenis dam – Moncenisio Dam loop from Moncenisio

Road sign for entry into France

Rettilineo della Plaine de Saint-Nicolas (Mont-Cenis)

Moncenisio customs

On the Mont Cenis dam

Notre-Dame de l'Assomption

Hameau de Grand Croix (barrage du Mont-Cenis)

Moncenisio Dam

Remains of the Fell Railway (Mont Cenis Road)

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