The road is closed to all traffic including bikes.

first on a deserted, but challenging road to Col de Palaquit.

Steep at parts. As long as one isn’t too fussy, road bike is “ok” going up. The tunnel sign was scarier than the tunnels.

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. But was happy I took it around the stretch with the tunnels. 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. 06:15. Is it being watched? Also the barrier has a sign “sauf ayant droit”, only with permit.Anyhow, I decided to take the risk. I did it with the mountainbike, partly because of the lower gears I have on it. 15km +933m/-936m. The sign that forbids you to enter on bike is the famous circular one, white center with a red edge. 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 lower section was the steepest, and that was all paved. Thanks for providing this website, which gave me the idea a couple years ago that this would be worth doing!C is right. Photo : Gemini1980, Public domain. At Col de Porte I had lunch (!!) Very rough at times. The second half is through the fabulous Gorges du Guiers Mort. The Chartreuse Alps is the massif between Chambéry and Grenoble. 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. Randonnée pédestre effectuée le 27 juin 2015. We did this climb up the “closed” road a couple of years ago on a road/touring tandem bike with panniers. La montée est courte mais sévère avec près de 11 km à 8% de moyenne. After Chartreuse de Curière monastery the road is closed to cars (wooohooo) and no longer decently surfaced. It was an awesome adventure. So all vehicles forbidden, including bikes. 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. See map at bottom for details. It is a 135 euro fine and there are patrols by the park guards.Thanks. Col de la Charmette - Charmant Som - La Pinéa. and then headed left on a little road for another 6 kilometre climb up beautiful hairpins to Charmant Som. Sélectionnez un tronçon de trace en appuyant sur la touche "CTRL", analysez-le en …

It’s a pretty amazing little road. In those conditions, you could certainly climb it on a road bike, although I would agree that descending it would be very sketchy. 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. Centrer % Pente. Yeah, agree, I caught the road early in season, wet, and lots of debris. 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. 14 km 1000 m 1000 m. Sarcenas (38)

This is the start of the climb. Was even passed by a patrol car just before the barrier, and they didn’t stop me. and then headed left on a little road for another 6 kilometre climb up beautiful hairpins to Charmant Som. and it is certainly open to hikers. Options . So it’s a risk, but acceptable and the reward is big.The “Secret” Road to Col de la Charmette.

It is closed to cars, but I saw no signs forbidding bikes …. Browse 4 photos & 3 insider tips—and get there with komoot! Col de Charmette, Pinéa, Charmant Som (Randonnée Pédestre) En cache. 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. The road was completely dry then, and it wasn’t too hard to keep traction. But it is fairly awesome. But next time I’ll bring my hybrid. Very nice climb. 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.

At Col de Porte I had lunch (!!) 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. No doubt there are some falling rocks, but I didn’t see it as dangerous at all.Hi, thanks to your blog I discovered this beautiful climb (Col de la Charmette). There was some work happening when i was there fixing one section. I forgot my camera so all photos are with my phone.The other side of Charmette is steep but a normal little road — I saw several cyclists. Charmant Som est située à 2 km à l'est de Col de la Charmette. You guys are incredible with the tandem ….. that road is so steep, especially early on. 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.

Options. From Charmant Som it’s completely downhill back to St-Laurent-du-Pont. Both are great. Are you sure the sign said bikes? This is a terrific loop. I don’t think it’s forbidden.

VERSANT NORD. 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?