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Discover Chaux-des-crotenay, Jura, Franche-Comté

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Nestled in the heart of the Jura, Chaux-des-crotenay offers a range of activities and cultural discoveries for nature and history enthusiasts. Surrounded by lush, rolling landscapes, this region is a true paradise for hikers. You can explore winding paths that lead you through dense forests and flower-filled fields to breathtaking panoramas of the Jura mountains. For history buffs, Chaux-des-crote...See more

Walking around Chaux-des-crotenay

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Between Lemme and Saine
142 m

Between Lemme and Saine

A succession of ascents and descents, paths, trails and little roads to reach the Morillon cliffs, the Langouette gorges and the belvedere of Les Prés Grillet. From CHAUX-DES-CROTENAY, head down the tarmac road (red MTB waymarking no. 69) towards Le Gros Tilleul. Turn right to reach La Fontaine Neuve and La Chaux Church. Branch off to the left on the tarmac road towards La Loye. Take the stony path that enters the forest to your right, towards La Côte Coulon and the Morillon cliffs in LE CERNOIS.Continue on the stony path that soon turns to tarmac and that runs along the cliffs and heads up to Le Rachet. Take the tarmac road to your right through the open combe of Entre-deux-Monts to reach the hamlet of Les Merets. Turn onto the road to your right and quickly turn left to take the stony path down towards the forest and up to the Étang des Drillettes (Drillettes lake). Continue on the muddy path that heads right up to Les Drillettes, and then take the long forest road along the Quenot rivulet to the road in Sous Grateloup. Carefully cross the départemental road and take the road opposite you that will lead you to the LAVOIR (washhouse) - LES PLANCHES-EN-MONTAGNE via La Fontenette and Le Girod. Continue on the main village road towards Bas du Village. Head down the road to your left and cross a bridge over the La Langouette gorges. Continue on the road, past LE MARTINET and reach Montliboz. Branch off to the right on a stony path that then heads up into the forest, towards Derrière la Montagne Ronde (“behind the round mountain”). Take the muddy path that follows along the right of the D 16 until you reach Chez Tatet, and then take the tarmac road down to La Feuillée au Loup. Turn left onto a small forest path towards La Voie Sacrée. Follow the white path to your right for 200 metres, and then turn left into an area with railings and a building. Follow a long and narrow trail through the forest. Exit onto a tarmac road, turn left and follow the trail to LES PRÉS GRILLETS. After the short out-and-back to the belvedere of Les Prés Grillets, continue on the tarmac road towards La Grande Cheminée. Descend to your left on the stony forest path and take the winding trail to your right to reach Les Messageries. Turn left on the tarmac road and reach the hamlet of Cornu. Continue left onto the road to the hamlet and then turn right just before the last farm. Head up the stony path through the pastures to reach Les Champs Montants. Turn right and return to your point of departure in CHAUX-DES-CROTENAY via a little stony path.

5 h
26 km
Easy
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Gorges of the Saine and the Langouette
3.1 km

Gorges of the Saine and the Langouette

A lake, a stream, a river, waterfalls and gorges are on the naturally wealthy menu for this trail. For dessert, the works of the "tram" line and other quaint elements from the villages and hamlets you will pass through. The trail meets up the FONCINE-LE-BAS crossroads and ascends to the right (yellow waymarking) via the Grand-Vie farm road (oratory, former tramline crossing) before reaching Les Fumey. The grassy path to your right crosses the D 62. The road then serves the Fumey hamlet and leads to the Lac à la Dame crossroads. To your right, take the farm road uphill and follow along the Senge stream before fording the stream (pile of rocks). The trail skews off to the right into the forest (beautiful beech forest) and follows along a first clearing before descending towards the Cingernaux combe. Circumventing the combe, after a sharp turn, you will come to the D 127 in Malvaux (view onto the waterfalls of the la Ruine forebay). Cross the D 127, take the wide path below the road. Reach the LES-PLANCHES-EN-MONTAGNE WASHHOUSE by crossing the bridge over the Saine. The trail (white and red waymarking) follows the Landouette Gorges Trail to the left, which opens out onto le Martinet. The path then heads up the village following the road to the right (yellow waymarking) before reaching THE WASHHOUSE. To the left, the path heads along the Washhouse road (white and red waymarking) before heading up the Saine's right embankment and reaching the Fumey Badoz Factory Canal. To the right, the stony and shaded path (yellow waymarking) heads up the valley until it comes to the stream called la Pisse, which you will follow up to the left (passing under the viaduct) to reach Sous Bayard. The path heads up (white and red waymarking) the gorges of Malvaux, with a short section in the dark tunnel until it reaches the Douanets Viaduct. Cross the viaduct (yellow waymarking) to return to your starting point at the Champ de Mars.

3 h
9.7 km
Easy
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A trip around the four lakes
4.5 km

A trip around the four lakes

Petit Maclu and Grand Maclu, Ilay and Narlay: these are four emblematic lakes of the riparian Jura landscape often called “Little Scotland”. Families with young children should choose the trip around the three lakes, which is shorter and only includes one road crossing. From the parking lot, carefully cross the D 75 (yellow waymarking) and head to the Monts des Ifs intersection. Follow the path to the left below the road and reach the top of the LAC DU PETIT MACLU (Petit Maclu Lake). Take the good stony path along the lakes, heading past the Petit Maclu and the Grand Maclu, and after a small forest section, arrive at the edge of the Lac d’Ilay before joining up with the Chemin des lacs.  Continue on the path to your right (white and red waymarking) until you reach Lac d’Ilay. (If you would like to shorten this circuit and only take the trip around the three lakes, branch off to the right and take the Chemin des Bornes, followed by the Mont des Ifs.)From the Lac d’Ilay intersection, carefully cross the D 75 and follow a tree-lined path towards the hamlet of LA FROMAGERIE.Turn right (yellow waymarking) onto a long wooded path bordered by hedges, which heads to Le Raffour and then right to the village LE FRASNOIS.Turn left. Chemin de la Vierge heads along the back of the village and meets up with the D 75 to the right. Take the road to your left, head past the church and the town hall and take the road towards Lac de Narlay.At the Vers Narlay intersection, continue on the road to your left, and head towards the houses at the bottom of the hamlet. Follow the stony path that heads up and along the left of the lake. The path will take you up to the Monts des Ifs parking lot.

3 h
11 km
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The three lakes
5.5 km

The three lakes

A succession of rolling paths and little roads on the plateau, departing from Foncine-le-Bas, where the Seine flows. Head down the village and to the crossroads with the D 437 to find the FONCINE-LE-BAS intersection (). Turn right up the “chemin de la Grande Vie” which on exiting the village becomes a white path bordered by pastures. Exit in Les Fumey. Cross the D 62 with care and follow the little tarmac road to the Lac à la Dame (the Lady’s lake). Continue on the road around the lake, through a hamlet, and then head to Les Monnets via a little trail that branches off to the right. Head through the hamlet, and on exiting it take the road that turns left down towards Les Voigneurs. Take the white path that turns left after a building and follows along a peat bog, before exiting onto the D 62 at the entrance of Fort-du-Plasne. Head down the road to the village and towards La Fontaine Ronde (the round fountain).  Take the little road to the left that heads down towards Le Crêt. Behind the village, cross a road and take a stony path that turns muddy and heads up to the forest. Then exit once again onto the road, and follow it to the right to quickly reach Le Crêt. Continue on this road and head down to Les Thévenins, the hamlet of the Lac-des-Rouges-Truites. Carefully cross the D 437 to reach La Gare (the train station) and continue to reach LE BUGNON ().Turn left onto a white path along the edge of a combe, through the middle of the pastures. Head past the Pont du Rquai and the Fontaine aux Cernois (Cernois fountain) to reach the hamlet of Sous le Mont Noir. Head down the road to your right and continue straight through the pastures, leaving the hamlet. The trail branches off to the left (MTB path) and heads through the forest to LA GRANGE A L’OLIVE. Take the tarmac road to the left overlooking the Galavo rivulet, head through the hamlet of La Gypserie to reach the D 437. Turn right, down to the village of FONCINE-LE-BAS.

3 h
14 km
Very easy
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Rouges Truites lake discovery circuit
6.7 km

Rouges Truites lake discovery circuit

This lake’s privacy, at the bottom of a valley in Grandvaux, is equalled only by its beauty, which reveals its peat bogs and reedbeds. From the Le Bugnon chalet behind you, follow the white path to the right. This path alternates between woods and meadows. Carry on straight until you come to round metal bars in the ground: this is a cattle grid (vehicles can pass through, but cattle cannot. This means the cows are well kept!) Before crossing, take a quick trip on the grassy path to your right to a small cabin (built after the 1999 storm, this small structure was used to house a pump which watered the woods and avoided them becoming damaged). Take the time to admire the peat around you before returning the way you came and continuing left on the white path. Further along, on exiting the forest, you will come to a large meadow at the Rquai bridge (Pont du Rquai). Take care when heading along the barbed wire to your left, you will discover a small opening to enter the field. Follow the grassy path that is still visible and head along the white stone. You will come to the entrance to another field, which may be obstructed depending on the season by an electrical wire, take care to put the wire back in place if necessary. Continue towards the small wooden bridge over the river. Continue straight, heading up the chariot path lined with trees. When you reach another path, at Voie du tram, head left and admire the landscape while you walk. You have a birds-eye view over the entire humid area. Continue on this landscape path and it will bring you to the hamlet of Thévenins (the old cheese dairy to your right was created in 1905. Since 2017, the cooperative of the Lac-des-Rouges-Truites merged with the Saint-Pierre cooperative, becoming the Pays Grandvallier cooperative. Their combined milk - 97% of which is used to make Comté - is transformed in a new cheese dairy building in Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux.) When you reach the first houses, take the small road to the left that heads between a few houses. From the Station (La Gare), the old tram station, head down the road that crosses the valley towards the Domaine du Bugnon. Take care when heading along the barbed wire to your left, you will discover a small opening to enter the field. Follow the grassy path that is still visible and head along the white stone. You will come to the entrance to another field, which may be obstructed depending on the season by an electrical wire, take care to put the wire back in place if necessary. Continue towards the small wooden bridge over the river. Continue straight, heading up the chariot path lined with trees. When you reach another path, at

1 h
4 km
Very easy
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Caution!
We have no information on the difficulty of this circuit. You may encounter some surprises along the way. Before you go, please feel free to inquire more and take all necessary precautions. Have a good trip! 🌳🥾