DRAFT — awaiting Kevin's confirm-notes below before publish. Part of the Goumois area — see the Goumois hub for the village itself.

Switzerland · France · The Jura Plateau

The double climb that defines Goumois riding — up to Saignelégier, across to Le Noirmont, down to La Goule, and back.

Ridden 23 June 2019, and described in Kevin’s own ride log in full: "This is a great double climb from the base of the french/swiss border in Goumois by the river up the climb to Seignelegier then across the Noirmont and then down the mountain to LaGoule. There is a restaurant there for a coffee. Then straight back up the climb and then back down the first climb to the beginning."

And the extension, for anyone wanting more: "In LaGoule you can go into France and climb up the other side and back across to Goumois through France. However that climb is short at 3 kms, but it is really steep at around 20% plus for the whole of the 3 kms." That extension isn’t included in this ride’s own distance/climbing figures below — see the La Goule page for that climb on its own.

Route data (from Strava): 49.1km, 1,204m of climbing, max grade 45.3% — the route that gives every other Goumois ride its shape: up from the river, across the plateau, down to La Goule, and back the same way.

The route, from Kevin's own GPS track

Real GPS route map of the Out and Back Three loop from Goumois to Saignelégier, Le Noirmont and La Goule
The actual recorded route, plotted from Kevin's own Strava FIT data onto a real OpenStreetMap base.

📝 Kevin — needs your input

  • Confirm the restaurant at La Goule — is it still there, worth naming?
  • Is this the route you'd point a first-time visitor to as "the" Goumois ride?

Source: Kevin's Strava export (23 Jun 2019), real GPS track.