Circuit VTT - Tour de la vallée

A tour of the valley to discover Courchevel from the other side. An athletic route with a succession of ascents and descents to visit typical villages. The "Chemin des Vignes" balcony trail is a special highlight of this outing.

(1286 m) From the Le Praz tourist office, skirt the lake to the left, passing under the bridge 300 m from the end of the lake. Continue across the fields on the narrow path. Cross a track at 500 m to join a second forest track 100 m further on and turn right onto the gently undulating "Pige" path to the Montegellaz stream bridge (1284 m / 1.9km). Then take the small path on the left towards La Jairaz and 60 m further down on the left. The path is quite steep.

Take care when crossing a small log bridge in the middle of the forest (very slippery in wet weather).

200 m after the bridge, don't go down to the road, but turn right to cross over the bridge at the bend, then follow the path to the left and go around the woodpile a little way down on the left to join a small, hard-to-see path that takes you to the high side of the swimming pool. Then take a stretch of road to the pool entrance (1198 m / 2.78 km) and take the path to the right. After 800 m, at the entrance to the village of Saint-Bon, drive through the village, taking all the downhill streets. At the bottom of the village, take the path again (1059 m / 3.1 km) to continue downhill to the Torrent de la Rosière bridge at the entrance to the village of Les Moulins.

(1047 m / 3.2 km).

At the bridge, turn right and take the first street on the right down to another bridge. Continue straight on to the traffic circle, then climb 150 m towards "Montagny" and turn left towards the church ( 881 m / 4.65 km).

Just after the church, cross the road to join the "Chemin des Vignes" in the direction of Brides-les-Bains. This balcony path is very rolling and fun, crossing 3 rivers. The first river is crossed by an iron bridge, the second requires you to dismount your bike, and the third (729m / 10.1 km) requires you to ride over it. Be careful, 20m after the 3rd river, take the small path on the left. A short, technical descent with a succession of bends brings you to the entrance to Vignotan (649m / 10.4km).

Continue to the bridge below and climb up to the crossroads with the D 915. Cross the road to reach the entrance to Chavonnes

(1669 m / 11.2 km). Continue through the village and, after a succession of garages, turn left towards Villarnard. Continue for 400 m to the top of the climb, then turn right into the housing estate and continue straight on to the dirt forest road (740 m / 12.1 km).

After 300 m, turn left towards Villarnard. Then turn right at the next crossroads (1.5 km). The climb is steady until you reach the village of Villarnard (1012 m / 15.6 km). A drinking water reservoir

100 m inside the village.

At the entrance to the village, take the left-hand path down to reach a crossroads 700 m further on, where you take the forest track which climbs to the right. The path begins with a steep climb, which then eases before reaching the entrance to the village of Villaflou (1067 m / 17.8 km).

Turn right to reach the village of Le Freney (1184 m / 19.8 km). Continue along the asphalt road to Le Praz, ending up in front of the tourist office. This end of the route climbs steadily and ends on a road with little traffic.