Montagne de Romont

Grenchen is known for its modern velodrome, but not necessarily for its bike trails. And wrongly so. This is proven by the wonderful mountain bike tour along the Grenchenberg and the Montagne de Romont to the gates of Biel/Bienne.

Description

From the village of Grenchen, you climb 700 meters in altitude on a mountain road up to the Brüggli housing estate. There is still one steep ramp to go before the traverse past Bettlachberg to Stierenberg begins. Now it's another steep climb up to the nameless summit at 1199 meters above sea level. The beautiful descent to Plagne begins here at the edge of the forest through typical Jura terrain. In Plagne, the descent continues on a singletrail until you later circle the Bötzingenberg. Through the foothill forest, i.e. the southern flank of the Bötzingenberg, you then pass the villages of Pieterlen and Lengnau before returning to Grenchen.

To view the detailed tour description, the topo map, the altitude profile and to download the GPX track, you need a user account on Ride-mtb.com with a subscription. Log in now or become a subscriber.

Map & GPX-Track

The map is only available to Ride subscribers.
The Ride-Subscription is available at ride-mtb.com/abo

Details of the tour

38 km

1335 m

441 above sea level

1233 above sea level

1 day

Grenchen

1399

well suited

Thomas Giger

Page views: Loading... Views

Jan

Feb

Mar

April

Mai

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Okt

Nov

Dez

More tours nearby

Chasseral (Geissrücken)

Biel

49 km

1200 m

Balmberg

Solothurn

36 km

1070 m

Lommiswil

Solothurn

35 km

1225 m

Chasseral (Prés d'Orvin)

Magglingen

43 km

975 m

Olten - Biel

Olten

73 km

2790 m

Chasseral (Twann)

Biel

60 km

1670 m

Weissenstein Nord

Crémines

29 km

1150 m

Biel-Seeland

Biel

54 km

465 m

Montoz

Tavannes

36 km

970 m

Chasseral (St. Imier)

Sankt Immer

47 km

1615 m

Frienisberger

Lyss

46 km

660 m

Chasseral - Chaumont

Magglingen

46 km

1250 m

Tour de Seeland

Bern

117 km

600 m

Aare-Emme

Büren an der Aare

52 km

685 m

User comments (1)

A tour suitable for city bikes? Far too many twin trails (for jeeps etc) and ignoring the fine trails on the in-house SIngeltrailmap, I would recommend the brilliant descent down to Grenchen just before the Stierenberg.

Portrait Thomas Giger

About the author: Thomas Giger

Thomas Giger has been the editor of Ride MTB since 2002 and is a regular online and print author. Over the years, he has specialized in tourism topics and is particularly well known for his blog-style columns. He is also one of Ride MTB's active tour authors.

Thomas Giger has been the editor of Ride MTB since 2002 and has had a significant influence on the tour database. His focus is on single trail tours. There are few who know the trails in Switzerland as well as he does. However, his areas of expertise also include Aosta, the French Western Alps, and the whole of South Tyrol.

To the author profile