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Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Issoire
Saint-Victor-La-Rivière

Col de la croix Saint-Robert – Lake Chambon loop from Murol

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Bike touring routes & trails
France
Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Issoire
Saint-Victor-La-Rivière

Col de la croix Saint-Robert – Lake Chambon loop from Murol

Hard

4.7

(9)

242

riders

Col de la croix Saint-Robert – Lake Chambon loop from Murol

05:58

83.4km

1,760m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 80.3 km for 84 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

14.0 km

Besse

Highlight • Settlement

Standing south of the historic center, the belfry of Besse is the only memory of the three old fortified gates of Besse.

Adorned with battlements and topped with a clock, the gate dates from the Hundred Years War.

The gate is an essential historic passage on the long-distance hiking trails that criss-cross the region.

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2

18.0 km

Lac Pavin

Highlight • Lake

Pavin Lake is a Maar. It is the result of a violent explosion that took place around 6000 years ago. It is almost circular in shape and ninety-two meters deep.

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25.5 km

Col de la Geneste

Mountain Pass

4

45.3 km

La Tour d’Auvergne Center

Highlight • Settlement

La Tour-d'Auvergne is a very old village which finds its foundations on a basalt peak, the vestige of a volcanic flow from the great volcano that was the Sancy massif. In the town you can admire the basalt columns to the left of the church. These are geological formations that result from the solidification of a basaltic flow shortly after its emission, which attests to the proximity of the volcanic crater.

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5

61.8 km

Mont-Dore

Highlight • Settlement

Mont-Dore is both a spa and a ski resort, but also a very beautiful massif. It is a very good meeting point to explore the surrounding beauty of the mountains.

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68.4 km

Col de la Croix Saint-Robert

Mountain Pass

7

68.7 km

Col de la croix Saint-Robert

Highlight • Mountain Pass

This pass is long when you come from Besse, but it is in the last five kilometers that it takes on its true grandeur, especially if there is wind... The landscapes are never monotonous and damn, that the mountain is beautiful!

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8

77.1 km

Church in Chambon sur Lac

Highlight • Religious Site

beautiful church in the village.

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9

80.3 km

Lake Chambon

Highlight • Lake

Chambon Lake owes its origin to a volcanic flow that blocked the Couze Chambon. Beaches are provided on the northern and western parts of the lake, but it is possible to go around them in order to enjoy the calm of nature on the southern banks.

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10

82.2 km

Murol

Highlight • Settlement

Very friendly village with a few souvenir shops, mini-market, bakery, butcher, pharmacy… Nice market on Wednesday mornings.

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B

83.4 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

77.4 km

2.81 km

2.25 km

802 m

233 m

Surfaces

79.4 km

3.83 km

121 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (1,450 m)

Lowest point (850 m)

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Wednesday 13 May

9°C

3°C

92 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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