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Grande Traversée de l'Ardèche in MTB

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Grande Traversée de l'Ardèche in MTB

planned a mountain bike ride

November 6, 2022

Grande Traversée de l'Ardèche in MTB

Hard

28:02

309km

11.0km/h

6,260m

6,600m

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Overview

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 65.8 km for 213 m

After 271 km for 181 m

Most people would complete this in 5-9 days

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18.0 km

Sainte-Marie Church and Village Center, Vanosc

Highlight • Settlement

Everything a bikepacker needs from a little village; water pumps to re-fill bottles, a bakery to overindulge, and a cafe/bistro filled with locals overlooking the beautiful Sainte-Marie church.

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57.6 km

Lake Devesset

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Devesset Lake is perched on the Haut-Vivarais plateau at 1,074 meters above sea level. It is one of the most famous lakes in Ardèche. Surrounded by fir trees, the Lac …

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67.7 km

4

91.1 km

View of Les Dents du Diable and Mont Mézenc

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Climbing the Col de la Croix de Peccata, enjoy the view of the Mézenc and the Devil's Teeth that point to the edge of the path

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96.5 km

Boutières Cross Pass

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The Col de la Croix de Boutières from Saint-Martin-de-Valamas is 27.1km long with a total drop of 1024m. The average gradient is 3.5% with maximum gradients of 9%.

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105 km

La Source géographique de la Loire

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One of the sources of the Loire - you can get your feet wet here, but be careful, it's freezing cold :-)

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138 km

Mazan-l'Abbaye

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The artist Felice Varini has created an interesting work on the ruins of the Mazan Abbey, built in the 12th century. It is part of an artistic journey around the …

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158 km

Incredible gorge gravel climb

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Superb gravel climb. Count about 9 kms of climb from Les Chambons, gently sloping and in the undergrowth for the first 4 km, then the slope is steeper but always …

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165 km

Gravel Track on the Monts d'Ardèche Plateau

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Magnificent gravel ascent from the hamlet of Chambons, and superb panoramas when arriving on the plateau

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198 km

Singletrack descent through the chestnut forest

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This in my opinion is probably the best descent of the entire Grande Traversée de l'Ardèche, great fun.

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220 km

Chambonas Castle

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225 km

View of Les Vans

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A nice easy cycle out of Le Vans up to Les Grads de Chassagnes, with beautiful views looking back over the town.

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227 km

Païolive Woods Trail

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A fun singletrack trail through the low canopy holm oaks. It's like you are riding through a tunnel in places. The Païolive woods has lots of limestone ruiniform rocks dotted throughout that are worth exploring.

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246 km

Cize Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Cycling up from Comps, most of the route we found to be ridable, apart from a short steep section with a lot of large loose stone. But on the whole …

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257 km

Salavas

Highlight • Settlement

It's worth deviating off the GTA mountain biking route here. Not only a swim in the clear warm waters of the famous Ardèche river, but also to visit the tourist-filled Vallon Pont d'Arc and restock on supplies.

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289 km

Aiguèze

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Aiguèze is a small medieval village. There are still many remarkably preserved remains from the Middle Ages. Among these we can cite the keep, the Saracen tower or even the …

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309 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

184 km

67.0 km

40.9 km

15.3 km

684 m

274 m

230 m

120 m

Surfaces

165 km

69.4 km

31.9 km

31.1 km

9.02 km

1.98 km

962 m

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