Next, I set off up into the Chartreuse …. It is a 135 euro fine and there are patrols by the park guards.Thanks. and then headed left on a little road for another 6 kilometre climb up beautiful hairpins to Charmant Som. Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!Our Tour recommendations are based on thousands of activities completed by other people on komoot.and the start of the route forestiere descent towards St Laurent du Pont .... awesome !The road is a dead end by car so there is not much of those which makes it great for biking.

06:15. Is it being watched?

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I wouldn’t worry at all about the road being closed to bicycles; I didn’t see anything saying so, nor could I imagine a reason for doing so. The road was completely dry then, and it wasn’t too hard to keep traction. The second half is through the fabulous Gorges du Guiers Mort. Col de Charmette, Pinéa, Charmant Som (Randonnée Pédestre) En cache.

Sélectionnez un tronçon de trace en appuyant sur la touche "CTRL", analysez-le en … Also the barrier has a sign “sauf ayant droit”, only with permit.Anyhow, I decided to take the risk. Options . Thanks for providing this website, which gave me the idea a couple years ago that this would be worth doing!C is right. But next time I’ll bring my hybrid.

From Charmant Som it’s completely downhill back to St-Laurent-du-Pont.

Accès : Grenoble > St Egrève > Proveysieux > Col de la Charmette Départ : Parking au col de la Charmette Itinéraire : => Départ (9h, 1260m) => Pré Batard (10h, 1596m) => Charmant Som (11h50 à 13h50, 1867m) => Pied de l'alpage du Charmant Som (14h25, 1669m) => Descente par Le Fournel => Départ (15h50, 1260m) 3h d'ascension et 2h de descente (avec des petits) pour un dénivelé de 600m. Vous atteindrez le Col de la Charmette à 1 261 mètres d’altitude, qui est en fait un point de départ de randonnée vers la Grande Sure ou Charmant Som.

Both are great.

Randonnée pédestre effectuée le 27 juin 2015. Yeah, agree, I caught the road early in season, wet, and lots of debris. Very nice climb.

At Col de Porte I had lunch (!!) Photo : Gemini1980, Public domain. Here the route joins the quiet (but main) road to Col de Porte.

Col de la Charmette - Charmant Som - La Pinéa.

At Col de Porte I had lunch (!!) It was an awesome adventure.

So all vehicles forbidden, including bikes. The Chartreuse Alps is the massif between Chambéry and Grenoble. That’s a shame! So it’s a risk, but acceptable and the reward is big.The “Secret” Road to Col de la Charmette. It’s a pretty amazing little road. But was happy I took it around the stretch with the tunnels. Browse 4 photos & 3 insider tips—and get there with komoot!

In those conditions, you could certainly climb it on a road bike, although I would agree that descending it would be very sketchy.

and it is certainly open to hikers. Details here, including a few pictures this website is free to use if they like- As I point out in the blog piece, this road is easily done with any road bike (when dry and not muddy anyway), with the exception of the longer tunnel, where, even with a good light, it might be tough to pick a path around sharp rocks, and maybe just three or so other very short (less than 50 meters) sections. VERSANT NORD.

first on a deserted, but challenging road to Col de Palaquit. The road was certainly closed to motor traffic when I was there.It is a bit mad as you can do the road on foot but not on a bike.If you are back in the area I don’t know if you’ve seen that the route du Mortier from Grenoble to Autrans is fully reopen, at least to bikes.Did it today. The "Secret" road to Col de la Charmette is one of those special routes that while riding it you can't help but smile.

and then headed left on a little road for another 6 kilometre climb up beautiful hairpins to Charmant Som. 15km +933m/-936m. Climbing (beginning of June 2014) on a dry day is absolutely no problem with a race bike – descending would be a bit more ‘adventurous’ and is not recommended.Just rode the “backside” of the Charmette earlier today with my son.

This is the start of the climb.

Plan your own adventure to Col de la Charmette, a bike touring attraction recommended by 6 people. Le Charmant Som est un sommet du département français de l' Isère culminant à 1 867 mètres d'altitude dans le massif de la Chartreuse, dans les Alpes.

Col de la Charmette is a good place to start a hike either to La Grande Sure or le Charmant Som.Red round panel with white background: "PROHIBITED TO ALL VEHICLES" even bikesDo you know why this is prohibited? I don’t think it’s forbidden. Note, the profile above for Charmant Som is for the principle road from Grenoble, I started higher and took a quieter road, and then joined up at Col du Palaquit. There was some work happening when i was there fixing one section. After Chartreuse de Curière monastery the road is closed to cars (wooohooo) and no longer decently surfaced. Are you sure the sign said bikes? Centrer % Pente. Le point de départ se trouve à St-Laurent-du-Pont. A Chartreuse Alps LoopNote, the profile above for Charmant Som is for the principle road from Grenoble, I started higher and took a quieter road, and then joined up at Col du Palaquit. See photo here:thanks for the pics Chris.

You guys are incredible with the tandem ….. that road is so steep, especially early on.

Very rough at times. Steep at parts. Was even passed by a patrol car just before the barrier, and they didn’t stop me.

It is closed to cars, but I saw no signs forbidding bikes ….

But it is fairly awesome. Sometimes the mopeds signs looks like bikes?

The lower section was the steepest, and that was all paved. Leaving St-Laurent-du-Pont heading into the Gorges du Guiers Mort there is almost immediately a tiny, unsigned, unlikely looking road to the right.

It is home to the It’s a great place for cycling col hunters with Col du Granier, Col de Porte, and Col du Coq probably the most “famous.” Click For this ride I was looking to see of it was possible to climb a tiny “road” up to Col de la Charmette. This is a terrific loop. Charmant Som est située à 2 km à l'est de Col de la Charmette. We did this climb up the “closed” road a couple of years ago on a road/touring tandem bike with panniers.

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