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Carhaix-Plouguer

Canal de Nantes à Brest – The Glomel Cut loop from Carhaix

Carhaix-Plouguer

Canal de Nantes à Brest – The Glomel Cut loop from Carhaix

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4.0

(4)

39

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Canal de Nantes à Brest – The Glomel Cut loop from Carhaix

02:07

40.1km

250m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 24, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

1

11.3 km

Canal de Nantes à Brest

Highlight • River

2

12.7 km

Aufklärung: EV1 / La Vélodyssée Roscoff-Nantes

Highlight • Other

The Vélodyssée was an experience for us - a wonderful meandering canal.
Constantly changing landscapes.
It must have been an odyssey for the boaters - because so many locks in …

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3

16.1 km

Minguen lock climbing, Canal Nantes à Brest

Highlight • Other

4

18.0 km

The Glomel Cut

Highlight (Segment) • Monument

This passage is the highest point of the canal. It was necessary to dig three million cubic meters of earth and rock to make the canal pass: as much as …

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5

20.1 km

Great Trench of the Nantes to Brest Canal

Highlight • Monument

At an altitude of 184 m, the Glomel trench is the highest point of the Nantes-Brest canal and the watershed between the Blavet and Aulne basins. The canal project and …

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6

20.3 km

Pont Ar Len Café & Gîte

Highlight • Cafe

Great little stop. Lovely food, great coffee and lovely people.

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7

33.7 km

Kerhun Lock No. 191 on the Nantes–Brest Canal

Highlight • Structure

Beautifully restored former lock guardian's house, now perhaps private.

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8

39.9 km

Station Square, Carhaix

Highlight • Other

Protected by a roof, an old train stands on the square in front of the Carhaix station.

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B

40.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.2 km

5.24 km

4.15 km

1.86 km

1.66 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

27.2 km

10.3 km

1.86 km

443 m

284 m

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Elevation

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Monday 26 October

16°C

7°C

93 %

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Comments

April 26, 2025,Sortie gravel

Brooks B17 Saddle Review
Nice, no pain in the ass

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