Seasonal conditions
May–October (the upper Valtournenche closes in winter).
ROUTE
The Mont Blanc–Matterhorn ridge road — Courmayeur to Cervinia
The great Aosta valley driving road — from Courmayeur down the Dora and up the Valtournenche, with the Matterhorn closing the view.
road95 km3 hmoderate
ABOUT THIS ROUTE
The route in detail
The drive every motorcyclist in the Alps keeps on the list: the SR26 down the Aosta valley’s mid-line, then the climb up the Valtournenche to Breuil-Cervinia — two of the Alps’ four-thousanders bookending one afternoon. The road is wide and fast between the castles, narrow and Switchbacked up the Valtournenche; the stops that make it are the Bard fort, the Fénis castle and the Lago Blu mirror of the Matterhorn at the top. Winter it closes above Valtournenche; the season is May–October.
PLAN RESPONSIBLY
Season & safety
WAYPOINTS
Route points
- 01
Courmayeur
start
- 02
Fort of Bard
waypoint
- 03
Aosta
waypoint
- 04
Breuil-Cervinia
end
MAP & ROUTE
On the atlas
DESTINATIONS
Places on this route
Courmayeur
The pearl of the Alps — Italy’s oldest mountain resort under the south face of Mont Blanc, where a rotating cable car climbs to 3,466 m and two glacial valleys begin at the edge of town.
Aosta Valley
Cervinia
Italy under the Pyramid — Europe’s highest resort at the foot of the Matterhorn, where the lifts climb to 3,882 m, the glacier skis in July, and the mountain of mountains fills every window.
Aosta Valley
Aosta
The Rome of the Alps — a Roman-founded capital ringed by 4,000-metre peaks, where a ruined theatre and a triumphal arch sit at the crossroads of two great Alpine passes.
Aosta Valley
INTERESTS
Why riders & travellers love it
WEATHER
Weather along the route
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