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Beautiful pass at 736 m, quite gentle, 6.1% average. Nice to do by mixing with the 76 gravel hiking trail.

The Col de Saint-Bonnet, located in the heart of the Alps, offers a spectacular panorama of the surrounding mountains and green valleys. This pass, perched at an altitude of 1,499 metres, is a favourite passage for hikers and cyclists in search of magnificent landscapes. As you climb the slopes of the pass, the view gradually opens up onto the Alpine peaks, forests and flowery meadows.

For a little refreshing break between 2 passes

The St Bonnet pass is a beautiful Beaujolais pass, culminating at 646 m. The 2 main climbs are from Salles-Arbuissonas or Rivolet. Without great difficulty from Salles, it presents very beautiful panoramas over the Beaujolais. By Rivolet the percentages are higher on certain portions but the climb is short. You can then reach the parasoir via the Col de la Vieille Morte, almost without climbing.

Nice pass to do from Lamure sur Azergues, Le Perréon, Le Papilloud (road of the ridges but you can climb from Vaux too). On the Lamure side, the view is absent but it is relatively hard with some good percentages. If you start from the Perréon you take the start of the Col de la Croix Rosier, magnificent... From the Papilloud the climb is very short but there is no shortage of views over the Beaujolais. At the top the view is not very present but the forest atmosphere is very pleasant, we enter the upper Beaujolais...

To do from Chambost-Allières, Rivolet. In the fog, the climb seemed very long to me. The percentages are low but the climb is quite long, 7 km at 4.5%. At the top you can go for a walk in St Cyr le Chatoux, take your gravel or mountain bike to go on the paths, go climb the Pyramid, eat and drink at the restaurant, continue on the ridge road which goes to the North by chaining the collars.

Nice pass to do from: Chambost-Allières, Chamelet, Létra, La Saule d'Oingt in the extension of the Col du Chêne. Nice percentages on the Chamelet side, Létra and in the beginning of the ascent from Chambost, at the end the slope flattens out. From Chambost, we climb in a beautiful semi-mountain atmosphere. The connection from the Col du Chêne to the Joncin offers a magnificent view all along over the Azergues. It is the starting point of a beautiful forest trail in the Cantinière forest, to be done in gravel, and mountain bike trails.