Madonna del Cotolivier

The GPX file is incorrect. The road between San Marco and the SS24 has been closed for years. It’s a nice route, but the first section from the SS24 definitely shouldn’t be classified as blue. Even as fairly experienced off-roaders on lightweight 660s, we had a hard time riding up the steep, coarse-gravel hairpin turns. With GS and similar bikes, it becomes a real struggle, and I’d recommend avoiding this track on larger motorcycles when going downhill. However, after riding both branches of the route, you can turn off at Pierremenaud and then head directly to Oulx. It’s also important to note that the chapel isn’t directly accessible, as the GPX file suggests. The path ends before it at a no-entry sign! If you want to visit the chapel, you’ll have to hike for a few more minutes.

https://alpenrouten.de/Cotolivier-Monte-Cotolivier-Madonna-di-Pourachet… The route to the scenic Monte Cotolivier, home to the chapel of the same name, leads westward from Abbazia at the northern entrance to Oulx (near the train station). The road, which is initially paved, leads to Pierremenaud, from where a gravel path winds its way uphill in numerous switchbacks. At the last hairpin bend before the EP, the road is blocked by a (mostly open) gate; this is also where the route branches off to the Albergo Pourachet, located further west at a saddle.