Col du Marchairuz (1,449 m) – Jura Vaudois loop from Bois-d'Amont

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France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Saint-Claude

Bois-D'Amont

Col du Marchairuz (1,449 m) – Jura Vaudois loop from Bois-d'Amont

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Col du Marchairuz (1,449 m) – Jura Vaudois loop from Bois-d'Amont

01:34

29.5km

550m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 14, 2026

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Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura

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626 m

Bois-d'Amont Village Center

Highlight • Settlement

Bois d'Amont is a very long village that extends over four kilometers along the roadside.
This small town has forged its history around wood. Craftsmen there specialized in the manufacture of Comtois clocks. There is still a woodwork there today. And its name, Bois d'Amont comes from the fact that it was built upstream from the abbey of Saint-Claude whose monks were responsible for clearing the woods.

In summer as in winter the village has a certain charm.

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8.01 km

Col du Marchairuz from Le Brassus

Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass

The ride up the Col du Marchairuz is a truly stunning landscape. From the Vallé de Joux and the village of Le Brassus, the initial climb is somewhat steeper, through beautiful Jura forests and meadows to a wide intermediate plateau. There, the road runs in a perfectly straight line. Perfect for preparing yourself for the short, tough final climb to the pass at 1,449 meters. A restaurant awaits you at the top of the pass, open Wednesday to Sunday. To get a view of Lake Geneva, you'll have to descend slightly on the other side, as the trees are in the way.

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14.8 km

Col du Marchairuz (1,449 m)

Highlight • Mountain Pass

This route promises some great bike rides. You will also have the pleasure of experiencing a 12% slope on the 800 meters of the climb from Bassins. Traffic is rare, so you will have the opportunity to take a break at the restaurant at the Col Marchairuz.

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14.8 km

Hôtel-Restaurant du Marchairuz

Highlight • Restaurant

Nice hotel with a good restaurant. We stayed there on our long-distance hike from Tarifa (Spain) to Switzerland and can highly recommend the hotel.

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16.5 km

Jura Vaudois

Highlight • Forest

In the nature park Jura Vaudois you can expect beautiful routes past meadows, meadows and forests. Typical for the park are the dry stone walls, which extend in the meadows.

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20.2 km

View of Vallée de Joux

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Col du Marchairuz is a mountain pass in the Swiss canton of Vaud, which connects the towns of Le Brassus and Bière over a length of 18 kilometers. The pass is at 1447 m above sea level. From Saint-George, an equivalent road (the Route du Marchairuz) leads from the south up to the pass road, which it reaches about 3.6 km before the pass.

The Col du Marchairuz connects the La Côte wine region on Lake Geneva with Lac de Joux in the Vallée de Joux high valley all year round.

From Le Brassus, the road climbs steeply and before the pass, my path led off to the right through a beautiful little valley

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