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Maps and trails
The 10 most beautiful hiking trails in La Châtelaine
Long Distance Hiking
· Jura Mountains
L’Échappée Jurassienne - Great route
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
Multi-day route
315.9 km
92:05 h
7,848 m
7,662 m
The major Franco-Swiss hiking route of the Échappée Jurassienne allows you to cross the Jura massif on foot from west to east, disregarding borders.
Hiking Trail
· Jura Mountains
The Échappée Jurassienne: LES PLANCHES-PRES-ARBOIS > POLIGNY
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
Stage 6
18.4 km
5:30 h
581 m
577 m
The major Franco-Swiss hiking route of the Échappée Jurassienne allows you to cross, on foot, the Jura massif from west to east, transcending borders.
Hiking Trail
· Jura
Cirque du Fer à Cheval
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Difficulty
T2
moderate
15.6 km
4:45 h
360 m
360 m
A magnificent cirque with springs, waterfalls, and a cave One of the highlights of the French Jura is the Cirque du Fer à Cheval, with its sheer limestone walls. This tour also offers a wealth of variety: shady forest, a lovely valley, two springs, a cave, moss-covered waterfalls, and a magnificent view of Arbois from the Chapelle de l’Ermitage and the Belvédère du Fer à Cheval.
Hiking Trail
· Jura
Tour de la Reculée des Planches-Près-Arbois
Difficulty
difficult
19.1 km
6:30 h
721 m
717 m
Cette randonnée au départ d’Arbois, avec plusieurs montées et des passages parfois humides, permet de découvrir une des reculées du département du Jura, la plus haute.
Hiking Trail
· France
The Reculée des Planches
Difficulty
difficult
17.5 km
5:30 h
475 m
491 m
Beautiful loop starting from Arbois. The proposed route is a stage of "L'échappée jurassienne".
The end of the hike allows you to approach the vineyard. Another, shorter route exists through the bottom of the Reculée.
Hiking Trail
· France
Fer du Cheval
Difficulty
easy
29.6 km
5:24 h
555 m
555 m
Beautiful round with magnificent view.
Hiking Trail
· Jura
Panoramic route along the Via Cluny, Dole variant, stage 4 from Espace Claude Petit via La Châtelaine
Difficulty
difficult
17 km
5:09 h
465 m
465 m
Hiking Trail
· Jura
Echappée Jurassienne Pédestre - Étape 6 : Les Planches Pres Arbois - Poligny
Difficulty
moderate
18.4 km
6:30 h
679 m
678 m
Hiking Trail
· Jura
Fer à Cheval - Arbois
19.8 km
4:37 h
499 m
509 m
Verrassende landschappen te over tijdens deze zware wandeling. Spectaculaire watervallen, bijzondere cirque, een mooie stad halverwege met museum over bijzondere Jura wijn.
Hiking Trail
· France
L’ECHAPPÉE JURASSIENNE
299.1 km
87:10 h
7,616 m
7,416 m
L'Echappée Jurassienne est une randonnée itinérante composée de plusieurs GR® (GR59, GR559, GR5 et GR9) elle traverse le département du Jura sur 300 km entre Dole et Saint-Claude via la Station des Rousses en passant par les plus grands sites du Jura.Cet itinéraire des grands sites du Jura relie la plaine aux hauteurs du massif.

