La Montagne Ardéchoise and L’Allier
436 km
At the Loubaresse pass you will leave the itinerary of the Tanargue and start on a wonderful ridge road.
© Claude Roig
After discovering the Borne valley, you will get to an authentic place of peace : Notre Dame des Neiges, an important place of pilgrimage with its Cistercian Trappist Community founded in 1852.
After St Etienne de Lugdares and its green valley you will find at the Pratazanier pass the line where the waters flow to the Altantic or to the Mediterranean.
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You will also return to the heart of the Tanargue massif a transition between the volcanic Sucs and the Cévennes. Passing the tiny Borne village (3 inhabitants) you will need to gather your strength to climb to Loubaresse and you will find yourself among your fellow cyclists on the Tanargue itinerary.
Montagne Ardéchoise
Change in altitude : 8060m. Cols : 31.
2 or 3 day option for touring cyclists.
Shorter
L’Allier 378 km
A shortcut will enable you to go straight to the Heyrieux valley and to St Martin de Valamas where you can get fresh supplies before the ascent to St Agrève.
L'Allier
Change in altitude : 7005m. Cols : 26.
2 or 3 day option for touring cyclists.