hi,

i believe that it is possible to ride a trail that follows the root the Hannibal took over the Alps when he invaded Italy all those years back... i seem to remember that the Italian end is near Turin but i looking for any information regarding it. where the other end is, has anyone ridden it, what condition is the trail in, how long is it you know the normal stuff. thinking of doing a trip September.

is anyone able to help

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come on, some one must know something...? please

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Trail bikes destroy trails.....

Not if ridden responsibly!

All our old county roads, in the UK, that are now paved where tracks that cut there way through the country. That why some of them have really high banks that have been warn away over 100's of years. The Pennine way, that is only one to walkers, has constantly been repaired due to ware, and that just walking boots.

There is nothing wrong with something wearing, it's the governments and councils responsibility to keep the trails in repair . we pay enough Tax. and it is an enjoyable thing to ride trails.

i agree that irresponsible ridding does damage things whether it's speeding or knobiles on a green lane, but we can't take this stance that unless it's 'PC' it not right!

I've been green laneing in Landys and on bikes for ages and enjoy my right to do it. if something is illegal then i won't ride it, but please don't assume I'm irresponsible because i enjoy to ride on trails.

please feel free to comment!

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Hi Daves...
sounds interesting...research is called for here.

France does have lots of great trails to ride. I never thought of Hannibal's Trail, and your question got me curious. There are a few companies that offer hiking or trekking tours and mountain bike tours on parts of what they assume to be a Route Hannibal might have taken.

If there is such an Enduro Route for this, it is probably a bit of a local secret, as the Alps, (in South Tirol it is so), quite a few are legally closed now due to 'over population' and environmental questions.

To this day Hannibal's Route is still not really known. Did he take the South Route or the Northern one?

However it was, the following link has infos to the possible Pass crossings Hannibal possibly coud have used,
and from this Website and the infos therein you can surely put something together for your venture, that will suit your ideas and also be in the framework of environmental legality.
Originally it did go from Spain into France, up over the Alps into Italy, Turin area.

So, the Link: http://www.livius.org/ha-hd/hannibal/alps.html

Enjoy your research and then the ride! Good Luck.

silverwolf

thanks so much for this, really helpful and will help with my trip.

i also got this reply from one of the other forum I've been using, it might be interesting? http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...34#post3062334

if i can ask some advice, seeing as you live in Austria, when is the latest time of year that i would be able to ride Alpine Passes, if you know?

once again, thanks!

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Hi,
Long time lurker here. I just got back from doing the Stella Alpina rally in Bardonecchia and the day afterwards we rode from Lac Du Mont Cenis in France via Lac du Savine then over Col Clapier at around 2500 meters altitude we then headed down single track until about 2000 meters altitude and then the track was washed out and we had to slide out bikes sideways down to the next bend in the track. We then managed to ride on single track to about 1800 meters when the path was completely washed away. We then had to ditch the bikes hike down and climb back up the next day from above the town of Susa with ropes and a mountain guide to rope the bikes across the numerous bits of path that has disintegrated. I use the word path loosely as it was about 30cm wide with huge drop offs to the side. We were on 250 enduro bikes and had to work as a team to get them across.
Anyways I think this might possibly be the route you refer to? I was wondering if you or anyone else has ever ridden it on enduro bikes before? There is not much info about it that I can find. I have photos and video of the path we took plus the other riders in our group of four had gps trackers etc.
Look forward to hearing your thoughts...although this is from 2006!
Cheers