26 - “Cyclo addict”
Start: Office de tourisme des Estables
Are you ready to take on the challenge of this route reserved for athletes?
This demanding cycling loop takes the finest roads of a hilly area. At 120 km, sublime at every turn, it is sure to surprise you.
It holds fine discoveries in store, offering you spectacular panoramas!
- Distance
- 121 km
- Elevation gain
- +2872 m
- Elevation loss
- -2870 m
- Duration
- 5 h
Route on the map
Base map © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA): route licensed under ETALAB-2.0 via Données : Comité Départemental Randonnée Pédestre Haute-Loire · FFRandonnée · sportsnature.hauteloire.fr — sous licence ETALAB 2.0.
The feel of the route
Our local food: our pride! The Mézenc and Meygal massifs and the sources of the Loire are a horn of plenty for gourmets and food lovers. At the crossroads of Mediterranean, oceanic and continental climates, the area offers a varied range of produce. Nature, generous in spring with fruit and berries (cowberries, bilberries, raspberries, wild strawberries, hazelnuts, chestnuts...), is full in autumn of mushrooms (ceps, St George's mushrooms, chanterelles). What's more, snacks and inn tables are full of the flavours of local produce: cow's and goat's cheeses, mountain charcuterie, the “maôche” (stuffed cabbage), honey, brown trout, the crique (potato pancake), red-fruit jams… . But the two specialities of the massifs are cattle farming and the exceptional Fin Gras du Mézenc meat, along with the green lentil of the Velay. Two AOP (protected designation of origin) products that are the pride of an area!
In pictures
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