Cuvéry Pass – View of Seyssel loop from Seyssel - Corbonod

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Cuvéry Pass – View of Seyssel loop from Seyssel - Corbonod

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Cuvéry Pass – View of Seyssel loop from Seyssel - Corbonod

06:47

103km

1,480m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 26, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 23.4 km for 51 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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37.3 km

Cuvéry Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The Col de Cuvery, from Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, is 14.4 kilometers long with an average gradient of between 5 and 6%.

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75.6 km

View of the Cascade de Cerveyrieu

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Nice view of the Cascade de Cerveyrieu, direct access is more from the parking lot on the D30E.
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86.0 km

Culoz

Highlight • Settlement

The valley town on the way to the biggest climb in the region - the Grand Colombier!

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88.9 km

Through a beautiful area

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A nice section on the VR17.

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100 km

The ViaRhôna

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Nice section on the VR17.

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102 km

Seyssel Cable-Stayed Bridge

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220 meters in length for this cable-stayed bridge, the second Seyssel bridge over the Rhône between the departments of Ain and Haute Savoie.

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102 km

View of Seyssel

Highlight • Settlement

A nice little place to stop over.

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103 km

Old bridge of Seyssel

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Also called "bridge of the Black Virgin", the Old Bridge of Seyssel is a superb suspension bridge which dates from 1840.

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103 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

79.7 km

10.2 km

7.88 km

3.22 km

1.93 km

187 m

146 m

Surfaces

96.4 km

4.69 km

1.88 km

187 m

113 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,180 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

Weather

Friday 6 November

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Comments

May 1, 2023,GTJ Bellegarde-sur-Valserine/Culoz

Last day of this GTJ. Departure from Bellegarde-sur-Valserine under an overcast sky, and immediately it goes up. Arrived in Vouvray the really serious things start and it's off for 800m of elevation in one fell swoop. The sun is shy but present. Arriving at the Retord plateau, clouds everywhere. 8°. At the Col de Cuvery 1178m chocolate stop to cheer …

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