Sillingy Fault Mirror – Tête de la Mandallaz loop from Sillingy
Sillingy Fault Mirror – Tête de la Mandallaz loop from Sillingy
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Sillingy Fault Mirror – Tête de la Mandallaz loop from Sillingy
04:19
40.7km
1,180m
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 accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 17, 2026
Tips
Includes very steep uphill segments
You may need to push your bike.
After 3.27 km for 1.00 km
After 18.2 km for 444 m
After 29.3 km for 208 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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743 m
View of the Church in Mandallaz
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2.12 km
Sillingy Fault Mirror
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11.8 km
Mandallaz North Trail
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18.9 km
Tête de la Mandallaz
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The word mandallaz comes from the Old French muer, which gave rise to the verbs "remer" and "mouvoir," and more specifically the noun remue. It thus refers to a small chalet located in an alpine pasture, and in Savoyard, muanda, with the diminutive suffix -allaz.
The mountain is locally known as Balme Mountain or La Balme-de-Sillingy, from the name of the eponymous commune. In a transcript of a meeting of the Florimontane Academy (1912), a note states that "Mandallaz is wrongly called the mountain of Balme de Sillingy."
It can also be called Mandallaz Mountain or simply La Mandallaz. The Mandallaz Mountains are a small pre-Alpine massif, eight kilometers long and three to four kilometers wide, located northwest of the Annecy basin. It extends through the communes of Annecy (formerly Pringy), Choisy, Cuvat, Épagny-Metz-Tessy, La Balme-de-Sillingy, Sillingy, and Allonzier-la-Caille. Its most prominent peak, the Tête de la Mandallaz, at the southern end of the mountain overlooking La Balme-de-Sillingy and Épagny-Metz-Tessy at an altitude of 900 meters, is not its highest point; the highest point is located in the center of the mountain at 923 meters.
The Mandallaz offers panoramic views of the Annecy metropolitan area, Lake Annecy, the Alps, the Montagne d'Âge, and the surrounding countryside.
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20.9 km
Resistance shelter 1944
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A little history, even during a mountain bike outing, doesn't hurt!
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27.2 km
Nice viewpoint from a hill
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34.3 km
Chemin des hautes sources
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Many single tracks start or cross this path.
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36.9 km
View of Lake Annecy
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37.3 km
Bois des Clefs
Forest
40.7 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
25.2 km
8.32 km
2.74 km
2.29 km
2.18 km
< 100 m
Surfaces
17.8 km
15.4 km
5.71 km
1.34 km
250 m
220 m
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Elevation
Highest point (900 m)
Lowest point (460 m)
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Weather
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Thursday 16 July
29°C
17°C
69 %
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