Mérindol – La Tapy Sheepfold loop from Mérindol
Mérindol – La Tapy Sheepfold loop from Mérindol
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Mérindol – La Tapy Sheepfold loop from Mérindol
04:52
44.0km
1,440m
Mountain biking
Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 18, 2026
Tips
Includes very steep uphill segments
You may need to push your bike.
After 1.63 km for 577 m
After 6.68 km for 747 m
After 24.6 km for 58 m
After 25.6 km for 1.29 km
After 35.3 km for 55 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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368 m
Mérindol
Highlight • Settlement
This movement was born from the preaching of a simple layman named Vaudès. This religious dissidence was first tolerated by the Roman Church. It was then rejected, the name “Vaudois” even becoming synonymous with sorcerer or heretic.
The movement of the poor of Lyon (another name given to the Waldensians) was born around the year 1170 from a rich bourgeois from Lyon named Valdès who was keen to return to the humility of the early times of Christianity. Driven from Lyon, the movement spread where Vaudois preachers could still preach publicly. He settled in Provence and especially in the county of Toulouse, as well as in northern Italy.
It was in Mérindol that the bloody massacre of the Vaudois began in 1545. A path of memory remains from this terrible past with some vestiges of these bygone times at the height of the current village.
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Tip by
1.17 km
Ruins
Ruins
8.30 km
Vallee Durance Sainte victoire
Highlight • Other
16.3 km
La Tapy Sheepfold
Highlight • Structure
Translated by Google •
Tip by
44.0 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
21.8 km
17.5 km
3.72 km
1.04 km
Surfaces
32.2 km
3.55 km
3.49 km
2.66 km
2.08 km
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (580 m)
Lowest point (140 m)
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Weather
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Tuesday 23 June
37°C
21°C
26 %
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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h
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