One-day tours
Tour du Val de Bagnes / Beginner
Departure from Le Châble (9h), take the cable-car to Les Ruinettes (9h20). Follow the route de La Planie direction la Croix de Coeur. After the passing crossroad to go to Col des Mines, take the routen°8 (9h40) to Les Planards (10h), where you can stop at one of the restaurant. Keep riding on the route n°8 (10h45) to Médran, and take the cable-car again to Les Ruinettes. From the top, follow the route de La Planie again, but in the other direction, to La Chaux.
Departure from Le Châble (9h), take the cable-car to Les Ruinettes (9h20). Follow the route de La Planie direction la Croix de Coeur. After the passing crossroad to go to Col des Mines, take the routen°8 (9h40) to Les Planards (10h), where you can stop at one of the restaurant. Keep riding on the route n°8 (10h45) to Médran, and take the cable-car again to Les Ruinettes. From the top, follow the route de La Planie again, but in the other direction, to La Chaux.
Short option : Once in La Chaux (12h), you can have lunch at “Le Dahu” while enjoying the breathtaking view on the Val de Bagnes and the Combins. After this well-deserved break, get back on your bike and ride down the route n°3 (14h), through some typical little villages. You will be in Le Châble around 16h.
Long option : Once in La Chaux (12h), take the cable-car “Jumbo” to Les Gentianes, at 2’894m, where you can have lunch at the Igloo, in front of the Mt-Fort, which peaks at 3’330m, and enjoy a lunar landscape. After this well-deserved rest, get back on your bike (14h) and ride down the route n°12 to La Chaux (14h45), and then follow the route n°3 through some typical little villages. You will be in Le Châble around 17h.
Long option : Once in La Chaux (12h), take the cable-car “Jumbo” to Les Gentianes, at 2’894m, where you can have lunch at the Igloo, in front of the Mt-Fort, which peaks at 3’330m, and enjoy a lunar landscape. After this well-deserved rest, get back on your bike (14h) and ride down the route n°12 to La Chaux (14h45), and then follow the route n°3 through some typical little villages. You will be in Le Châble around 17h.
Tour du Val de Bagnes / Advanced
Departure from Le Châble (9h55), take the PostBus to Moay, on the Bruson side (10h25), opposite Verbier. Pedal up the route n°15 to La Croix du Six-Blanc (11h). Take the Payanne crossing, and stay on the route n°15 to the Tseppi (11h30), where you can picnic and enjoy a very nice view on Verbier.
Keep riding the route n°15 to Le Châble. Then you will have already ridden down 1’874m (13h). Take the gondola Le Châble - Verbier - Les Ruinettes, and then “La Chaux Express” to Fontanets (13h30). Pedal up to the summit of the route n°7 that leads to La Chaux (14h45). Stop at the Cabane Mt-Fort for a well-deserved rest facing the Bec des Rosses and the Combins. Ride down the route n°5 to Le Châble (16h).
Congratulations! You will have ridden down around 4000m!
Tour du Val de Bagnes / Expert
Departure from Le Châble (9h55), take the PostBus to Moay, on the Bruson side (10h25), opposite Verbier. Pedal up the route n°15 to La Croix du Six-Blanc, and keep riding on the route n°20 to the summit of La Pasay (11h15). Ride down to Le Larzai where you can picnic and enjoy a very nice view on Le Catogne and the Vallée d’Entremont.
From Le Larzai, take the route n°18 down to The Verney and then to Le Châble (13h). Take the gondola Le Châble - Verbier - Les Ruinettes, and then “La Chaux Express” to Fontanet (13h30). Take the link 7b and follow the route n°7 to the Cabane Mt-Fort, and keep on riding on the black trail 7b. You can now enjoy a well-deserved rest next to a winding stream at the bottom of the Bec des Rosses, in front of the Combins (14h15). Follow the route n°5 to the start of the route n°11, at Le Mintset. Ride down to Lourtier, 1100m below. Be careful! The trail is very dangerous at some places. Once in Lourtier (15h30), you can reach Le Châble riding along the blue route n°3 (16h).
Congratulations! You will have ridden down around 3000m!
