Chemins du Soleil [from Valdrôme to Sisteron]

Forest

Off the beaten track

Panorama

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Les Chemins du Soleil offers two routes through the heart of nature to explore the Pre-Alps:

From the Rhône Valley to the Provençal Alps (Valence–Gap–Sisteron)
From Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean Sea (Thonon-les-Bains–Nice)

In total, more than 1,400 km of mountain bike trails designed “by mountain bikers for mountain bikers” and certified by the FFC.

Part of this major route is described on this page and follows the 127 km of marked trails between Valdrôme and Sisteron.

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Sisteron
Chemins du Soleil [mountain route]
Off the beaten track
Hard
5h
52,5km
+2031m

Description

On the section from Valdrôme to Sisteron, you can break the stage down into two or three separate days, spending the night near Opierre and Laragne.

Departure : Valdrôme
Arrival : Sisteron
Towns crossed : Valdrôme, Saint-Dizier-en-Diois, Valdoule, Ribeyret, Épine, Montjay, Étoile-Saint-Cyrice, Orpierre, Sainte-Colombe, Ballons, Izon-la-Bruisse, Barret-sur-Méouge, Saint-Pierre-Avez, Val Buëch-Méouge, and Sisteron

Forecast

Altimetric profile

Recommandations

Along these mountain bike routes, you’ll find suitable lodging options that will allow you to plan your stops however you like.
To continue south of Sisteron, a more challenging route connects Sisteron, Thoard, and Digne-les-Bains: “the mountain route.”

Information desks

1 place de la République, 04200 Sisteron

https://www.sisteron-alpesprovencales.fr/sisteron@sisteron-buech.fr 04 92 61 36 50

Transport

Let’s limit our trips and use public transportation and carpooling: https://zou.maregionsud.fr

2 points of interest

Pass
Serre-Larobe pass
At the south of l’Epine commune, Serre-Larobe pass located at 1014 meters high is the only crossing point between l’Epine and Montjay village.
Geology
Saint-Cyr peak
Saint-Cyr peak offers a breathtaking view on the surrounding hamlets. When the weather is good, you can also observe from its ridge Ventoux Mount’s hilly area, the Platte summit and Chabre Mountain.