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Clermont-L'Hérault

Lake Salagou – The Red Lands of Salagou loop from Liausson

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Bike touring routes & trails
France
Occitania
Lodève
Clermont-L'Hérault

Lake Salagou – The Red Lands of Salagou loop from Liausson

Hard

4.6

(106)

1,803

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Lake Salagou – The Red Lands of Salagou loop from Liausson

02:51

33.2km

430m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

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After 15.3 km for 230 m

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Waypoints

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1

415 m

Liausson Beach

Highlight • Other

Magnificent spot, rideable when the lake level is low. Made of 42 mm gravel.

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2

1.28 km

By the vineyards

Highlight • Trail

Well rolling path. Made of 42 MM gravel.

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3

4.04 km

Lake Salagou

Highlight • Lake

The Lac du Salagou takes you into another world. Embedded by round hills and vineyards, the lake is relatively central in the Hérault department. The red earth always reminds me …

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7.93 km

The Red Lands of Salagou

Highlight • Natural

This beautiful gravel path winds through the red earth of Lac du Salagou.

It is the iron oxide present in the rock that gives clay and sandstone this particular red color.

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11.3 km

Abandoned Village of Celles

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Abandoned village with the filling of the dam at the origin of Lake Salagou. But in the end, the level of the lake stopped at the banks of Celles and …

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17.1 km

Notre-Dame-des-Clans chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

Although dilapidated, but from afar a nice subject

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18.0 km

Dfci Sal6

Highlight • Other

Magnificent, fairly rolling gravel track above the lake.

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25.0 km

Salagou Dam

Highlight • Monument

The Salagou dam is relatively recent (construction and impoundment between 1964 and 1971) and it regulates the flow of the Salagou River and creates a reservoir for irrigation. As with …

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28.7 km

Viewpoint

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33.2 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.7 km

11.8 km

5.11 km

1.30 km

286 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

19.8 km

8.81 km

3.87 km

570 m

109 m

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (90 m)

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Saturday 27 June

36°C

21°C

48 %

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