Colle Vert Enduro (Verres Aosta)

Section after Champurney unsure

Route: (Verrès –) Omens – Champore – Colle Vert – Fornelle – Barmelongue – Avieil – Champurney – Prouve Ville – Arnad – Verrès

Tour description:

The tour starts in Omens, where you can drive up by car. Then you head immediately home in the steep climb, initially a few meters on asphalt, then many hairpin bends on dirt, 630 vertical meters up the hill. The Colle Vert is reached when turning right on the gravel lane to Fornelle. Incidentally, a nice view of the Matterhorn is always possible during the ascent. The descent then harmlessly begins on the gravel lane to Fornelle. Immediately after the last right hairpin before the first houses on the left starts the 2-Trail. The narrow path winds through the steep forest, hairpins alternating with fast sections and scooter passages, all very fluid but requiring necessary concentration. It crosses a small road, then the trail gets a bit rougher until reaching the hamlet Avieil below. Here you turn left and roll on the little road towards Champurney. The direct descent from here to Arnad is a bit boring. More exciting is the 3-Trail, which soon branches off right and tricky, rough and flowing winds down to the houses of Prouve Ville. It runs parallel to the main road then back to Verrès.