Grandes Traversées du Jura (GTJ) : Mountain bike road from Mandeure to Culoz via Plateau d'Hauteville

Logo Grandes Traversées du Jura (GTJ) : Mountain bike road from Mandeure to Culoz via Plateau d'Hauteville
Logo Grandes Traversées du Jura (GTJ) : Mountain bike road from Mandeure to Culoz via Plateau d'Hauteville
Tour data
394.47km
232 - 1,341m
Distance
8,208hm
8,301hm
Ascent
06:00h
 
Duration
Brief description

The Grande Traversée du Jura by mountain bike allows you to discover the Jura Mountains over nearly 400 km: this route is a little easier than the variant passing through the Grand Colombier.

Difficulty
difficult
Rating
Technique
Fitness
Landscape
Experience
Route
Belvédère de Mandeure
2.2 km
Chassagne
5.4 km
Grattery
7.9 km
Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans
11.1 km
Ferme du Lomont
22.3 km
Le Tremblais
23.2 km
Chamesol
24.5 km
La Tannerie
25.2 km
Cascade de Tuf
28.8 km
Plainchamp
29.7 km
Le St-Hipp'
31.6 km
Les Terrasses
31.6 km
Saint-Hippolyte
31.6 km
Cité Vauchamp
32.7 km
Montandon
38.9 km
La Monnoise
41.5 km
Église de l'Assomption
43.0 km
Hôtel de France
43.0 km
Trévillers
43.0 km
Fessevillers
46.9 km
Église Saint-Maurice
47.2 km
Les Aleines
51.4 km
La Closure
52.6 km
Le Moulin du Plain
56.1 km
Cascade du bief de Gigot
57.8 km
Refuge de la Forge
59.1 km
Goumois (493 m)
60.3 km
Le Theusseret
62.9 km
La Charbonnière du Haut
70.4 km
Au Bois de la Biche
75.6 km
Fournet-Blancheroche
78.5 km
Blanche Roche
79.9 km
Les Carterons
82.7 km
Les Potières
85.0 km
Partie de Bise
89.1 km
Le Barboux
90.0 km
Chez Rotta
93.3 km
Le Pissoux
95.1 km
La Courpée
102.6 km
Les Seignes
109.7 km
Le Trépied
109.8 km
Morteau
110.7 km
Le Cul de la Lune
111.1 km
L'Éboulement
112.0 km
Morestan
114.8 km
La Moilleseule
115.5 km
Le Beugnon
115.9 km
Grand'Combe-Châteleu
116.0 km
Combe Benoît
124.0 km
Les Rochettes
125.2 km
Ferme Auberge de la Perdrix
129.1 km
La Perdrix
129.1 km
La Pria
129.8 km
Les Alliés
131.1 km
Chapelle des Étraches
134.1 km
Les Étraches
134.2 km
Les Granges Caning
135.7 km
La Tuilerie
138.4 km
Le Frambourg
146.0 km
La Cluse-et-Mijoux
146.0 km
Église Saint-Pierre
146.1 km
Les Sédelles
146.3 km
Les Huets
147.8 km
Les Gauffres Dessous
148.7 km
Les Gauffres Dessus
150.3 km
La Joux Verte (1,070 m)
151.4 km
Chalet de la Pierre au Prêtre
152.5 km
Granges Bailly
154.9 km
Le Grand Essart
162.4 km
Les Hôpitaux-Neufs
166.9 km
Fantaskid 2
169.3 km
Fantaskid 1
169.3 km
Métabief
169.9 km
Longevilles-Mont-d'Or
172.9 km
Hôtel Restaurant Les Sapins
173.5 km
Noirmont 1
185.5 km
Noirmont 2
185.5 km
Chalet de la Source
185.6 km
Petite-Chaux
189.5 km
Veuillet
191.3 km
Chaux-Neuve
192.7 km
La Fringale
192.9 km
Le Lernier
193.7 km
Les Landrys
208.5 km
Chapelle-des-Bois
209.2 km
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
209.3 km
Les Clochettes du Risoux
209.3 km
Les Antoine
209.9 km
Chez Michel
210.5 km
Chez l'Aimé (1,141 m)
212.4 km
Le Grand Remblais
217.4 km
Le Chalet des Ministres
218.7 km
Plan Pichon
220.1 km
Combe Séche
224.4 km
La loge à Ponard
226.8 km
Les Rousses
229.5 km
Prémanon d'Amont
234.2 km
Prémanon
235.3 km
Bistrot Polaire
235.6 km
La Serra
244.7 km
L'Entracte
247.8 km
Lamoura
247.9 km
Église Saint-François-de-Sales
248.0 km
Chez Feodor
251.5 km
Lajoux
251.6 km
Le Manon
253.1 km
Les Alouettes
254.0 km
La Refate
254.8 km
Les Molunes
257.7 km
Les Molunes
258.0 km
Le Bas de Laisia
259.2 km
Les Rasses
261.9 km
Le Dépontet
262.2 km
Le Pré Fillet
262.7 km
Ravit'haut
264.6 km
Les Moussières
264.7 km
Église Saint-Joseph
264.8 km
La Mura
265.7 km
Pré Grandvaux
266.5 km
Auberge des Érables
271.0 km
L'Embossieux
271.0 km
En Darapes
271.1 km
Les Petites Molunes
271.9 km
Crêt
272.5 km
Église Saint-Oyant
272.5 km
La Pesse
272.6 km
Chez Burdet
272.7 km
Sous le Bourbouiller
272.9 km
Le Berbois (1,280 m)
276.2 km
Chalet de la Fauconière
286.7 km
Le Relais Nordique
287.7 km
Giron
287.8 km
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
287.9 km
Marnod
294.6 km
Longesfan
295.8 km
Saint-Germain-de-Joux
296.7 km
Église Saint-Nicolas
296.9 km
La Voute
297.9 km
Lalleyriat
303.1 km
Le Poizat
305.0 km
Le Replat
305.9 km
Auberge de Cuvéry
322.9 km
Cuvéry
322.9 km
Le Raimont
323.5 km
Pra Devant
325.9 km
Crêt du Nû (1,351 m)
330.1 km
Les Terments (1,197 m)
332.4 km
Le Bon Plan
335.9 km
Les Plans d'Hotonnes
335.9 km
Le Jorat
347.3 km
Les Loges
352.1 km
Col de Valorse (1,099 m)
359.2 km
La Praille
361.8 km
Auberge gîte La Praille
361.9 km
La Ferme Guichard
364.5 km
Le Puys des Barres
372.0 km
Vogland
377.3 km
Sammonod
377.6 km
Turignin
378.5 km
Point de vue sur les gorges de Thurignin
378.9 km
La Pièce
380.3 km
Église romane de l'Assomption
380.4 km
Vieu
380.5 km
Chapelle de la Doue
381.8 km
La Doue
381.8 km
Chongnes
382.0 km
Source du Groin
382.6 km
Vaux-Morets
383.0 km
Champ Perrot
384.5 km
En Lapeneyaz
385.1 km
Bonnie and Clyde
386.3 km
Marlieu
387.6 km
Palud
391.3 km
Béon
391.6 km
Le Chevalier du Valromey
391.8 km

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Description
From Mandeure in the Doubs to Culoz in Ain, the trail allows you to discover the incredible diversity of the Jura Mountains at your own pace. Don't be fooled by the northern GTJ mountain biking. The ascent to the Maîche plateau then the path along the green banks of the Doubs river can be a bit technical. You will discover rural landscapes punctuated by very beautiful Comtois farms as far as Pontarlier. The majestic Fort de Joux marks the entrance to the kingdom of spruce and fir. In front of you, the large forest areas open up and the mountain biking sanctuary is looming, Métabief, a paradise for mountain biking with downhill free-ride and enduro trails. You are at the foot of the summit of Mont d'Or which will delight you with its magnificent panorama of the Alps.

You are in the Haut Jura Regional Natural Park with its contrasting reliefs oscillating between 600 and 1700 m in altitude which allow the cohabitation of typical fauna and flora. Chapelle des Bois marks the southern end of the Department of Doubs. Linger along the Mortes and Bellefontaine lakes bordered by a magnificent peat bog. The Jura department welcomes you. After the Station des Rousses you arrive in the land of the Hautes Combes, meadows and sumptuous forests which are home to rare fauna… be careful, you are in the land of the Capercaillie and the Eurasian Lynx. In Lajoux, the Maison du Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura will introduce you to the Jura culture. Then you will ride in the Hautes Combes Jurassiennes, a mecca for cross-country skiing. La Pesse, from the local name of the spruce, will allow you to savor the wild atmosphere of the land of the crêts. That of Chalam marks the end of the Jura. It is by a beautiful descent that you will enter Ain. But be careful, you will have to go up to Bugey and its peaks. The Retord plateau will delight lovers of wide open spaces and silence. For the end of the trip, two options are available to you, one more bucolic and heritage via La Praille, and the Valromaysan treasures and the other more mountainous via Arvière then the mythical and famous Grand Colombier before descending towards Culoz.

Throughout the 415 km of the marked trail of the Great Mountain Bike Crossing, 150 accommodations await you. From the stopover gîte to the hotel, including guest rooms, inns, refuges and campsites.

Find all the information relating to accommodation / catering along the route, news (temporary diversions), preparation advice and official tracks on the Grande Traversée du Jura VTT website.
It takes between 6 and 9 days to complete the entire route depending on your level.
The return is from the Culoz train station (Lyon - Geneva line) to Mandeure.
Recommended route: Culoz - Lyon then Lyon - Montbéliard (direction Nancy).
From Montbéliard: join the start in Mandeure 14 km away by cycle path crossing Sochaux-Montbéliard via Exincourt, Audincourt and Valentigney.
Highest point
1,341 m
Endpoint

Le point de d'arrivée est situé à Culoz dans l'Ain

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Additional information
APIDAE tourism data updated on 11/04/2023 by "Office de Tourisme Bugey Sud Grand Colombier".
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