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Col de la Croix de l'Orme – Col du Pilon (727 m) loop from Valsonne

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Col de la Croix de l'Orme – Col du Pilon (727 m) loop from Valsonne

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Col de la Croix de l'Orme – Col du Pilon (727 m) loop from Valsonne

04:11

38.8km

1,310m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 8, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 15.1 km for 91 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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13.0 km

Roches Blanches orientation table

Highlight • Viewpoint

This orientation table offers a beautiful 180 degree panorama from Villefranche-sur-Saône to Tarare. You enjoy a view of the Monts du Lyonnais, the Monts de Tarare, the Monts d'Or, the …

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15.1 km

Col de la Croix de Thel (650 m)

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Very nice pass to do from Chamelet, Ternand, Valsonne, or from the Valsonne valley. The climb from Chamelet is terrible for Beaujolais: 4 km at 8% average. Viewpoints are present and traffic is low.

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27.6 km

Col de la Croix de l'Orme

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Nice pass to do from St Just d'Avray in the forest, without significant percentage and quite short. We also climb on the St Appo side with beautiful views of the …

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27.6 km

Bivouac area ⛺

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Accessible directly from the roadside, on the GR7. You will find two tables and two floors to set up the tent as well as toilets in the metal structure

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29.5 km

Crêt des 4 Bornes

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Crêt des 4 Bornes culminating at 898 m accessible from the GR7 via a small circuitous path after the Col de la Croix des Fourches, or from the St Just …

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31.2 km

Monne Cross

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Large wooden cross accessible on the GR7, extension of the forest road after the Col de la Croix des Fourches. View of the Rhine Valley.

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32.3 km

Chapelle Dumas

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This chapel was offered to the municipality of Ronno by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, a threshing contractor around 1850. It was following an accident with his threshing machine that he undertook to …

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33.6 km

Col du Pilon (727 m)

Highlight • Mountain Pass

38.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.6 km

9.14 km

6.29 km

2.39 km

339 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

24.6 km

6.73 km

5.58 km

812 m

464 m

334 m

241 m

Elevation

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Highest point (890 m)

Lowest point (380 m)

Weather

Thursday 9 July

36°C

17°C

21 %

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Col de la Croix de l'Orme – Col du Pilon (727 m) loop from Valsonne

Roches Blanches orientation table

Col de la Croix de Thel (650 m)

Col de la Croix de l'Orme

Bivouac area ⛺

Crêt des 4 Bornes

Monne Cross

Chapelle Dumas

Col du Pilon (727 m)

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