(1) Departure from "Bike Expérience" in Taninges. Take the RD907 towards Verchaix / Samoëns for a few meters, then turn right into "rue de Champfleury", then into "chemin des écoliers". On your left is the "Chartreuse de Mélan" (2), which you will pass alongside, along with its park of contemporary sculptures. As you leave the park, turn right and follow the pedestrian signs with yellow arrows on a green background towards "Morillon par les bords du Giffre" and "lac des Vernays" (3) along the Art et Nature trail.
Continue along the Giffre to Verchaix. You will arrive near the artisanal area. Turn left towards the picnic tables, "Les Hameaux du Giffre" and the village bakery (leaving the marked path). At the bakery, turn left into "rue de l'Epure". A few metres further on, you'll come to "L'Artisan du Chocolat" (4), where you can buy a few sweets at a special "Cycl'O gourmandes" price.
Return along the same path to the picnic table in front of "Les Hameaux du Giffre", and this time go straight ahead following the "Les Grands Bois" pedestrian and mountain bike signs. Continue along the Giffre and at the Giffre bridge, cross the road to reach Lac Bleu (5) for a well-deserved tasting break facing the emblematic Criou summit.
Cross the road and follow the Giffre along its left bank towards La Rivière-Enverse. At the signpost for "Pont Perrière" / "La Grasse" cross the RD4 and take the "route des champs", cross the locality of "Vers le Pont" and follow the blue VTTAE signs for the "Les Grands Bois". At Cravarin, follow the signs for Châtillon-sur-Cluses.
(6) At the Nicodex chapel, head for "Fargot d'en Haut" then "Cellières". Drive down to the Cellières chapel (7). Go back down to the RD4 and cross it to go towards the Lac des Vernays from "Fargot". Take the small climb to cross the Giffre via a footbridge.
Then take the same route as before towards Taninges and return to "Bike Expérience" (1).
Ouverture
From 21/05 to 05/07/2024. Closed Monday and Sunday.
Tarifs
Free of charge. Roadbook available with bike routes and discount coupon free of charge from Haut-Giffre Tourisme information offices. Mountain bike/e-bike rental and the products to taste are at your own expense.
Contact et accès Rue de la Poste 74440 Taninges Haute-Savoie (74)
