Why this ride
207 km one way from Noirétable - plan on about 2 h 46 of riding. Long stretches are under trees.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Loire Gorges and Le Puy · part 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 207 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 46
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Photo stop near Noirétable
Noirétable is a small town in the Monts du Forez, close to the border between the Loire and Puy-de-Dôme departments, on the old route between Lyon and Clermont-Ferrand. Its name comes from the dark forests of the Bois Noirs that cover the surrounding hills, and the town has the feel of a mountain market town, with granite houses, a church and a cool, fresh climate even in summer.
Read the complete Photo stop near Noirétable write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Photo stop near Noirétable is where the day begins. Next is Loire Gorges and Le Puy checkpoint 8.
2. Near Miribel
East of Lyon, the Rhône splits into channels and lakes on its way into the city, and the vast Grand Parc de Miribel-Jonage has been made out of that watery landscape. This finish lies just above it, on the edge of the Côtière, the steep slope that separates the river plain from the Dombes plateau, between Thil, Beynost and Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost.
Read the complete Near Miribel write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Finish at Loire Gorges and Le Puy checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Back to Loire Gorges.
3. Back to Loire Gorges
This corner of the Isère département lies between Lyon and Grenoble, in a broad, gentle valley called the Bièvre, the work of glaciers that once poured out of the Alps and left a plain of gravel and clay. Saint-Jean-de-Bournay, Beaurepaire and Eyzin-Pinet are market villages of two to four thousand people, with stone churches, farmhouses and fields of maize, orchards and pasture. It is a rural, unhurried landscape, rarely visited by outsiders, and the roads are quiet.
Read the complete Loire Gorges write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 207 km.
Leg by leg
Photo stop near Noirétable to Near Miribel
Photo stop near Noirétable → Near Miribel is 132 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.