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Bike touring routes & trails

Auvergne Rhône Alpes

Clermont-Ferrand

Saint-Genès-Champanelle

Hiking departure – Thèdes Observatory loop from Saint-Genès-Champanelle

Bike touring routes & trails

Auvergne Rhône Alpes

Clermont-Ferrand

Saint-Genès-Champanelle

Hiking departure – Thèdes Observatory loop from Saint-Genès-Champanelle

Hard

4.7

(16)

44

riders

Hiking departure – Thèdes Observatory loop from Saint-Genès-Champanelle

01:56

22.3km

350m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 8, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 11.7 km for 127 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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6.52 km

Hiking departure

Highlight • Other

Magnificent village of Laschamps, before tackling the climb to the Puy de Dôme!

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6.64 km

View of Puy de Dôme from Laschamps

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The small village of Laschamps, southwest of Clermont-Ferrand, is known, among other things, for the Laschamps geomagnetic event. The lava flows from the extinct volcanoes have provided evidence that the …

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6.97 km

Laschamps Cemetery

Highlight • Mountain Hut

4

9.63 km

Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Nature Park

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19.4 km

Thèdes Observatory

Highlight • Monument

6

21.7 km

Saint-Genès Church

Highlight • Religious Site

Great walk with several interesting building finds from the brook meadow undergrowth. Easy to do but with a bit of resistance.

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22.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.5 km

5.80 km

2.47 km

1.34 km

120 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.64 km

6.18 km

3.78 km

1.92 km

518 m

223 m

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