Straddling France and Switzerland, the Jura massif offers you one of the most beautiful mountain bike trails. Let yourself be tempted by an unforgettable crossing, enjoy a landscape made up of deep gorges, almost Canadian forests with magnificent green spaces.
With its high plateaus which extend from the Cluse de Nantua to the Retords plateau. Between Montbéliard and La Pesse you will enjoy approximately 289 km of crossing on a route, from Crêts en Val between 300 and 1500m of altitude.
With accommodation in comfortable and friendly hotels or bed and breakfasts for each night, you will have the opportunity to taste local products, such as wine or cheese, from a long tradition of dairy farming illustrated by the Montbéliarde breed. .
Itinerant, free from 2 pers. and accompanied from 6 pers.
Product Highlights
- A north-south crossing of the Jura on perfect trails for mountain biking
- Enjoy the magnificent forests and rivers of the Jura Massif
- Visit places known to all mountain bikers such as Métabief and Prémanon
- Comfort accommodation in a double room
OPTIONS
- Cancellation or multi-risk insurance
- Picnics: + €50/pers for 5 meals provided
- Return transfer from La Pesse to Montbéliard
- Tailor-made program from the steps you choose yourself
- Additional night's accommodation the day before departing from Montbéliard
- Single room supplement: +90/pers
Formula 1– Freedom with luggage transport by taxis
Formula 2 – With assistance vehicle and luggage transport
Formula 3 – With a state-certified instructor and luggage transport by taxi
Formula 4 – With state-certified instructor and assistance vehicle
The package includes:
- Reservation of accommodation
- IGN maps with the highlighted route, the map holder
- The detailed topo-guide of the GTJ VTT
- Electronic GPS tracks (.gpx format)
- The GPS (if requested) and its GPS holder
- Half board from dinner on day 1 until breakfast on day 6
- Daily luggage transport
- Transfer from La Pesse to Bourg en Bresse station
- For the formula with assistance vehicle: 1 9-seater vehicle follows the group throughout the stay
- For the formula with guide: no more orientation worries, the state-certified guide takes care of the whole stay
The package does not include:
- Accommodation the day before departure
- The drinks
- Picnics
- Personal expenses
- Personal mountain biking equipment (helmets, gloves)
- mountain bikes
- Transportation to get to the meeting point
- The train ticket from Bourg en Bresse
- The insurance
- The parking
Hosting : double room in hotel, lodgings and bed and breakfast
Catering : half board
Indicative steps:
- Day 1: From Montbéliard to St-Hippolyte
Distance: 45 km / Elevation +: 1040 m / Elevation –: 980m
Departing from Montbéliard, you join Mandeure along the Allan, by country roads and paths. First stage in the country of Montbéliard until Pont-de Roide, you will enjoy paths and paths on the banks of the Doubs. From Pont-de-Roide to St-Hippolyte, a slightly more demanding route, with beautiful passages in the forest and in open fields.
Night in a hotel in a double room and half board.
- Day 2: From St-Hyppolyte to Fournet-Blancheroche
Distance: 48km / Elevation +: 1480m / Elevation –: 1000 m
or by shortcut Distance: 35 km / Elevation +: 1060m / Elevation –: 500 m
Today, rendezvous with the Doubs River and Switzerland. Starting from St-Hippolyte and passing through Fessevillers, gateway to the Doubs gorges, you pass through the village of Gaumois, a local mecca for trout fishing. A beautiful stage along the Doubs between France and Switzerland where the river offers you beautiful landscapes. Arrival at Fournet-Blancheroche in the high pastures.
Night in a guesthouse in a double room and half board.
- Day 3: From Fourmet-Blancheroche to Pontarlier (or La Perdrix)
Distance: 51 km / Elevation +: 1000 m / Elevation –: 1060m
A beautiful stage always along the Doubs passing by the jump of the same name where the meanders of the river offer you a popular stopover. On the way, you will have the opportunity to cross more than 18 barriers, without getting off the bike. You pass through Morteau, land of the famous smoked sausage. A solid and fortunately rolling stage. You arrive in the land of absinthe, on the plateaus above Pontarlier.
Night in a hotel or hostel in a double room and half board.
- Day 4: From Pontarlier (or La Perdrix) to Mouthe
Distance: 54 km / Elevation +: 1170 m / Elevation –: 1200m
Under the supervision of the Château de Joux, guardian of the Doubs valley, you cross the Republic of Saugeais with its borders monitored by a "customs officer". At midday, you go to Métabief, a mountain biking hotspot since 1993 where (optional) you can go down Mont D'or. Bucolic arrival at the end of the day at the source of the Doubs.
Night in a hotel in a double room and half board.
- Day 5: From Mouthe to Les Rousses
Distance: 44 km / Elevation +: 890m / Elevation –: 700m
You pass through the heart of the upper Doubs via a rolling route where you can see Lake Bellefontaine, a Natura 2000 classified site, the most protected wetland in Franche-Comté. You can admire the magic of its arctic-type vegetation. Then it is the crossing of the great forest of Risoux to arrive at Les Rousses.
Night in a hotel in a double room and half board.
- Day 6: From Les Rousses to La Pesse
Distance: 43 km / Elevation +: 990m / Elevation –: 930m
After admiring the Fort des Rousses built in the XNUMXth century, vestiges of the fight between the Napoleonic and Austrian armies, you have the opportunity to visit its high coombs, its meadows and its sumptuous forests with technical and playful trails. Arrival by mountain bike at La Pesse, end of the trip. Transfer to Bourg en Bresse train station to take the return train to Montbéliard or possibility of transfer by vehicle from La Pesse to Montbéliard.
End of stay.