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Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Saint-Julien-En-Genevois
Usinens

Génissiat Dam – Route d'Usinens loop from Usinens

Hard

4.0

(1)

8

riders

Génissiat Dam – Route d'Usinens loop from Usinens

02:17

32.7km

630m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 11, 2026

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Parking

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214 m

Usinens–Châtel Descent

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2

1.26 km

deserved break after a long climb

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2.22 km

View of Mont Blanc

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View of Mount Blanc

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9.16 km

Génissiat Dam

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The Genissiat dam is a huge dam on the Rhône and is used to produce electricity. However, you have to go up the steep descent to the dam.

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22.1 km

Pont de Pyrimont

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be careful of the crevasses on this bridge, easy to fall over at low speed
steep up from the Rhone on West side

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28.8 km

Route d'Usinens

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Beautiful descent on a side road with little traffic down from the Montagne de Vuache in the direction of the Rhone Valley and Seyssel.

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32.7 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.7 km

1.95 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

29.5 km

3.13 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (530 m)

Lowest point (260 m)

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Thursday 21 May

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