New Meyrieu Cross – Fairies' Cave loop from Aix-les-Bains - Le Revard

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New Meyrieu Cross – Fairies' Cave loop from Aix-les-Bains - Le Revard

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New Meyrieu Cross – Fairies' Cave loop from Aix-les-Bains - Le Revard

02:36

28.6km

690m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 25, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that is highly dangerous

A part of this route comprises highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 19.3 km for 32 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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608 m

Aix-les-Bains

Highlight • Settlement

Aix-Les-Bains is the perfect city to end a cycling trip, because it is located primarily on the shores of Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake of glacial origin in …

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16.9 km

View of Lake Bourget from the summit cross

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Complicated in mountain biking but exceptional view

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17.4 km

New Meyrieu Cross

Highlight • Monument

The new Meyrieux cross offers a great view, but the cross itself is quite ugly if compared to the old wooden cross located a little lower.

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19.3 km

Fairies' Cave

Highlight • Cave

In a limestone slope east of Grésine Bay is the cave "Grotte des fées", accessible by rough stairs carved into the rock. The cave widens into six rooms with a total length of 31 meters. Don't forget your flashlight!

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28.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.9 km

7.10 km

5.19 km

2.59 km

1.93 km

698 m

188 m

Surfaces

12.2 km

7.24 km

3.76 km

2.38 km

2.16 km

740 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (830 m)

Lowest point (240 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

18°C

11°C

89 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Comments

July 31, 2024,Sortie à VTT

Fairly physical electric bike ride uphill. Fairy cave discovered in the 1840s with small bird bones and some human bones. More relaxing on the way down

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