Cycling circuit: Tour de la Montagne d'Age

An easy tour to see the hidden-side of this little mountain from Annecy.

Direction: counter-clockwise
Landmarks and connections: Epagny; Sillingy (split with Tour de la Mandallaz n°6, Boucle du Rhône n°16 and Tour du Vuache n°17); Nonglard (joint return with Boucle du Fier n°15).
Description: Joint start, through Cran-Gevrier, with Tour de la Mandallaz n°6, Boucle du Rhône n°16 and Tour du Vuache n°17. Once over the Brassilly viaduct, a succession of cycle paths and lanes take you via Gillon to Epagny, whose redeveloped center is full of charm. Another track, which avoids the main road, runs along route départementale 908b. Follow it as far as Chaumontet and then continue along small lanes towards La Petite Balme. Cross the RD1508 carefully, then reach the Sillingy roundabout. This is where the different circuits separate and where the Tour de la Montagne d'Age really begins. The small road crosses former marshes before skirting the forest that covers the whole "mountain". You then come to the RD14 at Nonglard, and take time to pass through the village center to see the lantern for the dead (a unique monument in south-east France). The return journey is made in common with the Boucle du Fier n°15 and the Boucle du Rhône n°16, via Lovagny, Poisy and the Brassilly viaduct. In Lovagny, admire the Château de Montrottier below the village.