BARDONECCHIA Forte Jafferau Ring

From Piazza Statuto, take Via Sommeiller and then turn right over the bridge, following the signs for Millaures and Gleise. Climb along the tarmac road until you reach the fork to Fort Foens, where the dirt road begins. Climb up with a few hairpin bends and then proceed halfway up to Fort Foens. Continue on level ground and at the fork take the road on the left uphill towards Col Basset. When you reach the pass, a long flat traverse leads to the Baraccamento Colletto Jafferau and then, with a few switchbacks, you will reach Fort Jafferau. From here descend along the service road of the ski lifts until you reach the Frejusia reservoirs from where you retrace your initial route back to Bardonecchia.

MTB

E-bike

Gravel

Road closed to motorised vehicles on certain days of the week from the junction for Fort Foens to the Frejusia reservoirs

For details of the regulation of motorised traffic on mountain roads click here

How to get to Bardonecchia

by car: in Turin, take the A32 Turin-Bardonecchia motorway and exit at Bardonecchia; by train: Bardonecchia can be reached by regional trains leaving every hour from Porta Nuova station, on which you can load your bike without having to dismantle it; both the TGV and Frecciarossa trains on the Milan-Paris line stop in Bardonecchia

During the summer period, you can think about taking the shuttle line 7bis or the Jafferau cable car to take off a long way.

The Jafferau and Foens Batteries were built at the end of the 1800s and are still connected today thanks to a road that was built between Salbertrand and Bardonecchia, with the possibility of entry also from Savoulx.

Stop along the way to admire the view, especially on the stretch from Fort Foens to Fort Jafferau.