CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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.
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439 km from Genève to Genève, about 6 h 43 of riding. It goes by way of Baie de Châtillon, Lac de Chalain and back through Baie de Châtillon. It crosses from Switzerland into France - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
In 1932, while most of Geneva was building in stone, Le Corbusier put up an apartment block made almost entirely of steel and glass. The Immeuble Clarté, in the Eaux-Vives district on the east side of the city, was revolutionary for its time: a prefabricated steel frame, huge windows that flood the apartments with light, duplex flats with double-height living rooms and a structure that allowed flexible layouts. The name means clarity, and the building lives up to it. Since 2016 it has been part of the UNESCO listing of the architectural work of Le Corbusier, alongside the Villa Savoye, the Unité d'Habitation and other buildings on several continents.
Read the complete Immeuble Clarté write-up.
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Immeuble Clarté is where the day begins. Next is Baie de Châtillon.
At the northern tip of the Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake entirely in France, the shore curves into a shallow bay below the village of Châtillon and its castle. In the shallows, divers and archaeologists have found the remains of prehistoric lake villages, and the Baie de Châtillon is one of the French sites included in the UNESCO listing of prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps. The castle, perched on a rocky hill above the bay, was the seat of local lords in the Middle Ages and has a commanding view over the lake.
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Baie de Châtillon comes up about 73 km into the recorded legs. Next is Lac de Chalain.
Lac de Chalain is the largest natural lake in the French Jura, a long, green-blue lake set in a valley among forested limestone cliffs, and its shores were home to farming villages built on piles thousands of years ago. The remains of these villages, preserved in the lake bed, are part of the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps, listed by UNESCO in 2011. In the 1900s, when the lake level was lowered for a hydroelectric project, a dugout canoe and the remains of houses were found, and excavations since then have revealed a remarkable picture of life in the Neolithic.
Read the complete Lac de Chalain write-up.
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about 217 km into the recorded legs you reach Lac de Chalain. Next is back through Baie de Châtillon.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Baie de Châtillon write-up.
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back through Baie de Châtillon, late in the day. Next is Immeuble Clarté.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Immeuble Clarté write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Immeuble Clarté. That is the ride.
Immeuble Clarté → Baie de Châtillon is 73 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Baie de Châtillon → Lac de Chalain is 144 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Lac de Chalain → back through Baie de Châtillon is 147 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Baie de Châtillon → Immeuble Clarté is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.