Bonus route: on the trail of Santa Claus – Bures-sur-Yvette trails

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Bonus route: on the trail of Santa Claus – Bures-sur-Yvette trails

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Bonus route: on the trail of Santa Claus – Bures-sur-Yvette trails

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11.6km

200m

Running

Every year, a night trail is organized in December on the routes of the Bures-sur-Yvette trail station. If you wish to participate, you will therefore not discover new routes in the Chevreuse valley. However, you will have the pleasure of putting your training sessions into practice in competition.

The route essentially follows that of route 2. A few loops and detours have been added to increase the distance from eight to twelve kilometres. Starting from the Chabrat sports complex, the race heads south through the Grande Maison park.

After having traveled the length and breadth of the communal forest, you return to the starting point via the Fauvettes viaduct. Crossed towards the end, the bridge is the high point of this beautiful nocturnal itinerary. Whether in the race or out of the race, you will certainly enjoy running on the trails of this short and nervous course.

Last updated: June 7, 2024

Waypoints

Start point

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308 m

Grande Maison Park

Highlight • Natural

This park owes its name to the bourgeois-style building present in the middle of its seven hectares of greenery. It is pleasant to run on its wide paths and along the Vaularon, a charming little stream that crosses it. Its basin also brings a little freshness.

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2.05 km

Montjay Tunnel

Highlight • Trail

Like the nearby Fauvettes viaduct, the Montjay tunnel once served as the old Paris-Chartres railway line. In the middle of the communal forest of Bures-sur-Yvette, it punctuates the straight and rolling line leading to the viaduct.

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9.13 km

Fauvettes Viaduct

Highlight • Bridge

Magnificent viewpoint over the valley surrounded by greenery, accessible by "gravel" paths (roots and stones) through the wood or by "hiking / mountain biking" trails in the valley (it will however be necessary to ascend the elevation on foot in this case).
Built in 1913 for the "Paris-Chartres" line, bombed in 1944, unused, closed, the viaduct was recently renovated for leisure. We see caving groups training there, as well as climbers who practice climbing on the pillars.

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11.6 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.14 km

3.56 km

1.11 km

549 m

294 m

Surfaces

3.49 km

2.46 km

1.18 km

926 m

115 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 23 October

12°C

7°C

98 %

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Comments

June 1, 2025,Parcours 2 : Le viaduc — Station de trail de Bures-sur-Yvette

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April 10, 2023

Every year, a night trail is organized in December on the routes of the Bures-sur-Yvette trail station. If you wish to participate, you will therefore not discover new routes in the Chevreuse valley. However, you will have the pleasure of putting your training sessions into practice in competition.
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