Le Crès Lake – Lake du Crès loop from Castelnau-le-Lez

Le Crès Lake – Lake du Crès loop from Castelnau-le-Lez

Hard

4.3

(4)

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Le Crès Lake – Lake du Crès loop from Castelnau-le-Lez

01:50

25.6km

260m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 16, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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5.50 km

Massif forestier du Baillarguet

Highlight • Forest

Lose yourself in the middle of lush vegetation ... Numerous single paths (limestone, clay) winding around Aleppo pines, holm oaks, scrubland, mountain biking pleasure!

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7.10 km

View of the Baillarguet Forest

Highlight • Viewpoint

A magical point of view over the Baillarguet forest!

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9.56 km

Path Through the Vineyards

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

13.5 km

View of Pic Saint-Loup

Highlight • Summit

DFCI path very pleasant to ride in gravel

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16.4 km

Le Haut de la Fontanaride viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

22.8 km

Le Crès Lake

Highlight • Lake

Superb place, very quiet ... except in summer ;-)

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23.0 km

Lake du Crès

Highlight • Lake

Whether for cycling or hiking, photography, a desire to swim or picnic, all reasons are good to discover this place.

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25.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.9 km

4.14 km

3.31 km

2.86 km

1.70 km

665 m

Surfaces

12.6 km

5.13 km

3.67 km

3.30 km

844 m

Elevation

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Highest point (120 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Tuesday 20 October

18°C

8°C

34 %

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Max wind speed: 23.0 km/h

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Comments

March 31, 2025,gravel du midi

Fun little gravel ride in less than 2 hours from Montpellier. Quite stony, 2/3 portages

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Le Crès Lake – Lake du Crès loop from Castelnau-le-Lez

Massif forestier du Baillarguet

View of the Baillarguet Forest

Path Through the Vineyards

View of Pic Saint-Loup

Le Haut de la Fontanaride viewpoint

Le Crès Lake

Lake du Crès

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