Crossing – In the woods loop from Villy-le-Pelloux
Crossing – In the woods loop from Villy-le-Pelloux
4.3
(15)
52
riders
Crossing – In the woods loop from Villy-le-Pelloux
02:49
31.8km
680m
Mountain biking
Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 29, 2026
Tips
Includes a very steep uphill segment
You may need to push your bike.
After 25.7 km for 60 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
Get Directions
5.20 km
Nice viewpoint from a hill
Highlight • Viewpoint
Translated by Google •
Tip by
13.2 km
Ruins of the Bains de la Caille
Highlight • Historical Site
Probably already known to the Romans1, they are fed by two sulfurous springs which spring at the bottom of the Usses valley, downstream from the Caille bridges. These baths have been used several times at least since the Middle Ages. They were actually developed from the middle of the 19th century but have not been exploited since the 1960s, their location nestled in the gorges, the moderate flow and temperature of the springs not having favored the sustainability of the establishment.
The waters are sulphurous, alkaline, gaseous, hot at 24°Re or 30°C1. They are used in drinks, baths, showers and steam baths. They become cloudy as soon as they are exposed to air and then give off a very characteristic odor.
They escape in two sources from the limestone bases of the so-called “Châtelard” mountain. Their flow rate of approximately one hundred liters of water per minute corresponds, for example, to the content of a bath per minute1. They are easily digested; also, patients can drink 8 to 12 glasses per day. They are used more particularly against diseases of the skin, joints, gout, rheumatism, scrofula, internal and external engorgement, vapors, migraines, etc.
The operation of the baths stopped definitively around the 1960s. The buildings were then partly destroyed, and ruins remained, including the old swimming pool at the entrance to which we can still read the inscription “BENI BE GOD WHO MADE THE SPRINGS BRING OUT. ALONGSIDE THE EVILS, HE PUT THE REMEDY.”
Translated by Google •
Tip by
15.3 km
Ford on the Mounaz🤗 stream
Highlight • River
Translated by Google •
Tip by
20.6 km
Crossing
Highlight • Other
22.4 km
In the woods
Highlight • Other
31.8 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
8.71 km
8.69 km
8.15 km
3.17 km
1.76 km
1.33 km
Surfaces
10.1 km
9.63 km
4.93 km
3.83 km
2.36 km
935 m
Sign up to see more specific route details
Sign up for free
Elevation
Highest point (800 m)
Lowest point (460 m)
Sign up to see more specific route details
Sign up for free
Weather
Powered by Foreca
Monday 6 July
36°C
14°C
0 %
Additional weather tips
Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h
to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route
Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.
Comments
Want to know more?
Sign up for a free komoot account to join the conversation.
Sign up for free