MTB Ring tour Cesana-Fenils-Desertes-Solomiac-Cesana (Cesana T.se)

From the main square of Cesana T.se, cross the town center in the direction of the Carabinieri barracks, on Via Ferragut, on a completely paved road surface. The track becomes dirt in the direction of Rio Malnet locality, proceeding between never extreme ups and downs, along the river, until the hamlet of Fenils. Arriving near the Church dedicated to S. Giuliano, cross the road and continue on a path with a dirt bottom and uphill in the direction of Desertes.

Arriving in the hamlet of Colletto rosso, you slowly enter a silent and harmonious forest until you reach the hamlet of Desertes. From here proceed downhill through the dirt carriage road-pay attention to cars-until you reach the crossroads on the state road, one of the two points of the route where caution and respect for the highway code are required. After 1.5 km in the direction of Cesana T.se, take the uphill fork again in the direction of Solomiac. You will now pedal on a wooded roadbed along a section of the Via Francigena, the famous pilgrimage route, until you reach Mollieres, . Having crossed the village and passed in front of the old bakery and the chapel of Sant'Antonio Abate, the last stretch back to Cesana is on the SS24.

Route suitable for MTB or E- bike for the less trained

- Maximum caution on the return sections that develop on SS24.

- In some sections, the route is shared with other types of users and is subject to traffic laws : therefore, it is advisable to pay attention to pedestrians and vehicles.

By car from Turin, follow the signs for Tangenziale Nord in the direction of Trafori - Frejus.

Take the A32 highway in the direction of Bardonecchia and exit at Oulx -Monginevro-Sestriere.

Continue on the state road toward Cesana Torinese.

Reachable by public transportation.

Train from Turin P.N to Bardonecchia (Oulx-Cesana-Claviere-Sestriere stop) + Arriva bus line 285 from Oulx to Cesana.

Parking possibilities

- shortly after Vittorio Amedeo Square, along Viale V Novembre (Bousson direction) paying attention to parking time slots

- In the parking lot near the Post Office on Viale III Reggimento Alpini.

- Be sure to have some water bottles with you: you will find water fountains in the various hamlets

- Alternative to the sections on afalto: transfer by bus line 285 Oulx-Sestriere

Difficult route, suitable for physically trained and technically proficient people: the route is on mixed-bottom path at times very bumpy, others less so with stones and roots and significant slopes and narrow passages, at other times white roads of medium gradient and there are sections on aflat strata open to motorized traffic to reach the next path.