Lionel Terrail - Grandes Itinérances
Belvédère du Plan du Salève
Lionel Terrail - Grandes Itinérances
Ancienne fromagerie au pied du Salève
Brice Milbergue
Chateau Des Avenieres au-dessus de Cruseilles
Lionel Terrail - Grandes Itinérances
En arrivant vers Frangy
Lionel Terrail - Grandes Itinérances
Lavoir au nord de l'Albanais
Lionel Terrail - Grandes Itinérances
Sur les routes du Vuache
Lionel Terrail - Grandes Itinérances
Vue sur le Mont Blanc depuis le Vuache
Lionel Terrail - Grandes Itinérances
Vue sur les Alpes depuis Chaumont
44 km
2 h 30 min
I cycle often
La Muraz
Desingy
Mountains

Having tackled Mont Salève, you come to one of the easiest stretches along the P’tites Routes du Soleil® cycle route. For 40km, the way provides easy, essentially downhill, cycling. Descending from Mont Salève, enjoy some extremely pretty viewing points before reaching Les Usses Valley, where you enter typical Haute Savoie countryside in a steep, verdant valley. Riding past old stone buildings, including churches, and past vineyards, along the way you’ll encounter one of the historic pilgrimage paths to Santiago de Compostela.

Gradients and elevation

Ascents: 579m
Descents: 1234m
Lowest point: 316m
Highest point: 1350m

Road types

44km (100%) By road

Surface

44km (100%) Smooth

Don’t miss 

  • Marlioz and Chaumont: pretty villages along the route, set in the midst of gentle, peaceful Haute-Savoie countryside. 
  • Vallée des Usses: with steep sides marked by mountain torrents as well as Les Usses River. You ride along in the shadow of Vuache (1,101m) and La Mandallaz (929m) mountains.  

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