Hiking 
Begin of tour: Charmey Tourist Office
End of tour: Charmey Tourist Office.
Technical requirements: medium difficulty
Physical fitness: medium difficulty
Distance: 21 km
Total altitude meters: 570 m
Biking time: 01:30 - 02:30 (hours, minutes)
Elevation start and end of tour: 887 m
Season: May - October
Gastronomy: Charmey, Crésuz
Overnight: Charmey
Various: The route is part of the Gruyère-Bike Tour
Literature: Karten-shop.ch
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Each year in early autumn, hundreds of cycling enthusiasts assemble in Charmey to display their prowess in the Gruyère Bike competition. It's all a friendly occasion, of course. The racecourse has two circuits, one for the normally insane and one for the criminally deranged (!). The route, you see, contains well over 2'000 metres of uphills and downhills, as well as enormous variety of trails. Wonderful and technically simple single trails alternate with tricky downhills, but there are always sections where you can stop and recover your breath while marvelling at the kind of scenery that looks as if had come straight out of a picture book.
Charmey - La Valsainte - Crésuz - Charmey
At the tourist office, ride your bike up the main road to the village and make a sharp right turn. At the monastery bike downhill turning left. At Cerniat turn right, going uphill, and then bike down a technically relatively challenging descent to Crésuz. Continue to Châtel-sur-Montsalvens, and ride the tricky descent down to the dam that spans Lake Montsalvens (Lac de Montsalvens). Cross over the dam, then ride steeply uphill to the chapel. The descent that follows is very steep and correspondingly dangerous. Only experienced, expert bikers should ride down this descent. The tour is sign-posted.
Pictures: www.gruyere-bike.ch
At the tourist office, ride your bike up the main road to the village and make a sharp right turn. At the monastery bike downhill turning left. At Cerniat turn right, going uphill, and then bike down a technically relatively challenging descent to Crésuz. Continue to Châtel-sur-Montsalvens, and ride the tricky descent down to the dam that spans Lake Montsalvens (Lac de Montsalvens). Cross over the dam, then ride steeply uphill to the chapel. The descent that follows is very steep and correspondingly dangerous. Only experienced, expert bikers should ride down this descent. The tour is sign-posted.
Pictures: www.gruyere-bike.ch
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- CHARMEY TOURISME
Les Charrières 1
Case postale 105
1637 Charmey
Tel. +41 (0)26 927 55 80
Fax +41 (0)26 927 55 88
office.tourisme@charmey.ch
www.charmey.ch