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The Gouille Noire viewpoint
Visorando Member
9.99 mi
+1,060 ft
-1,056 ft
5h 30
Moderate
Departure from Amondans (Doubs)
Amondans, home of our regional musician Napoléon Coste, overlooks the Malans stream, which flows into the Gouille Noire, whose wild charm you will be able to admire from above. Passing by oratories and fountains, you will return to Lizine with its ancient houses covered with lauzes, the formidable stone tiles that required our carpenters of yesteryear to build solid frames. Two other viewpoints will allow you to discover the Lison and Loue valleys with their gorges and meanders.
La Gouille Noire
9.37 mi
+1,004 ft
-994 ft
5h 10
Moderate
Departure from Amondans (Doubs)
From the curious and pretty fountain in Amondans, quiet paths will take you to a viewpoint overlooking the green Loue valley and the remote Malans stream, where you can admire the wild charm of the landscape. Then, from the Bois des Serpents, winding your way between a splendid sharp limestone pavement resembling menhirs, you will follow the emerald green Loue to the deepest part of the valley, where a waterfall ends its descent into a pool: the Gouille Noire.
The Tacot Trail
3.77 mi
+413 ft
-394 ft
2h 05
Easy
Departure from Cléron (Doubs)
You will take the old Tacot railway line, a small, narrow-gauge railway that climbed up to Pontarlier, to discover the Val de Cléron and its castle, surrounded by the white cliffs at the start of the Haute Vallée de la Loue.
The Norvaux and Valbois valleys and Castel Saint-Denis
10.76 mi
+1,168 ft
-1,168 ft
6h 00
Moderate
Departure from Cléron (Doubs)
From Cléron Castle, through a beautiful, cool forest alternating between fir and deciduous trees, ideal for a hot summer's day, you will visit the gentle monk Toum Tatre, a monolith resembling a tonsured Capuchin monk, watching piously over the Norvaux valley from the top of his cliff. Walking along the ledges of the twin valley of Valbois, you will return via Castel Saint-Denis, overlooking the valley from its rocky spur.
Toum Tatre, the Monk's Rock
6.72 mi
+705 ft
-702 ft
3h 40
Moderate
Departure from Cléron (Doubs)
From Cléron, through a beautiful, cool forest alternating between fir and deciduous trees, ideal for a hot summer's day, you will visit the gentle monk Toum Tatre, a monolith resembling a tonsured Capuchin monk, watching piously over the Norvaux valley from the top of his cliff. You will return through the Plain Mont forest to two unsecured viewpoints, one overlooking Castel Saint-Denis and the other overlooking Cléron and its castle.
La Roche du Taureau
3.91 mi
+564 ft
-531 ft
2h 15
Easy
Departure from Cléron (Doubs)
Six petits kilomètres pour quatre points de vue sur le Val de Cléron, la reculée de Norvaux et le capucin de pierre Tountâtrou où nos anciens Comtois célébraient leurs dieux au sein même de la nature, au pied de ce colosse de pierre.
Castel Saint-Denis
4.08 mi
+794 ft
-787 ft
2h 35
Easy
Departure from Cléron (Doubs)
A keep dating back to the year 1000 still stands proudly on its rocky outcrop, with superb cornice walls carved out of the rock, overlooking the wild nature of the Valbois ravine. In just four short kilometres, you will be treated to a series of breathtaking landscapes.
The limestone pavement of Lizine
5.29 mi
+656 ft
-623 ft
3h 00
Easy
Departure from Lizine (Doubs)
Another circular walk around Lizine taking you to beautiful viewpoints and past the limestone pavement.
Wash houses, the botanical trail and the Rurey viewpoint
6.04 mi
+597 ft
-617 ft
3h 20
Easy
Departure from Rurey (Doubs)
A short forest walk through the Val de Cademène with beautiful, unobstructed views over the Loue Valley and the Jura Mountains, taking in our Comtois villages and their bell towers nestled in the hollows of the hills. Most of the route is unmarked, so this walk will help sharpen your sense of direction.
Lizine and its three viewpoints
6.19 mi
+604 ft
-610 ft
3h 20
Easy
Departure from Lizine (Doubs)
At the confluence of the Loue and Lison rivers, this walk offers a series of views from the Lizine plateau.
The Cademène Valley
5.05 mi
+751 ft
-732 ft
3h 00
Easy
Departure from Rurey (Doubs)
In Gaulish, ‘Rurey’ refers to a place rich in springs and streams. From its beautiful circular fountain in the centre of the village, passing by the foot of the church and in front of the elegant wash house, you will climb the botanical trail and descend into the Val de Cademène with its beautiful unobstructed views over the Loue Valley and the Jura Mountains. After passing through a somewhat wild stretch of woodland, you’ll reach the viewpoint overlooking the valley, dominated by the watchful sentinel of the thousand-year-old keep of Castel Saint-Denis.
The Bois des Serpents
7.32 mi
+912 ft
-909 ft
4h 10
Moderate
Departure from Rurey (Doubs)
Don't worry, you won't see a single snake. However, throughout this walk between Loue and Lison, you will discover no fewer than three viewpoints, particularly the Gouille Noire, which overlooks the wild charm of the valley. From the Croix du Châtelet, you will discover the small village of Lizine and its rich church. After resting at the cool fountain in Villevoz, you can set off again towards the splendid sharp limestone pavement formations that resemble menhirs.
The Lison and the Moulin Sapin and Piquette viewpoints
5.52 mi
+745 ft
-722 ft
3h 10
Easy
Departure from Rurey (Doubs)
From the heart of the valley, you will climb in the shadow of the Château de Châtillon towards the Lizine plateau and its slate roofs, from where you will discover the Loue and Lison valleys from superb balconies, the riches of the church in this typical little village, the Oratory of the God of Mercy, and you can rest for a few moments at the cool fountain in Villevoz before setting off again towards splendid viewpoints over the two rivers.
The Rurey viewpoint
3.02 mi
+449 ft
-449 ft
1h 45
Easy
Departure from Rurey (Doubs)
In the Gallic language, ‘Rurey’ refers to a place rich in springs and streams. You will therefore set off from the beautiful circular fountain in the centre of the village, passing, at the foot of the church, in front of the elegant early 20th-century wash house built of cut stone and covered by a curious double hipped roof. You will then climb the botanical trail to a superb viewpoint over the Loue valley, overlooked by the watchful sentinel of the thousand-year-old keep of Castel Saint-Denis.
The Villevoz Fountain, the Puits aux Ânes and the Châtelet
5.64 mi
+525 ft
-538 ft
3h 05
Easy
Departure from Lizine (Doubs)
In Lizine, with its slate-roofed houses, you’ll discover the splendour of its church, the Oratory of the God of Mercy, and the rural heritage of this typical little village, resting for a few moments by the cool Vuillevoz fountain before setting off again through beautiful fir forests, where the sun casts a play of light and shadow, towards the Croix du Châtelet and its fine viewpoint over the Loue Gorges, the neighbouring mountains and the fortified house of Châtillon.
The Miroir de Scey and the Rocher de Colonne
3.92 mi
+712 ft
-712 ft
2h 25
Easy
Departure from Scey-Maisières (Doubs)
A 11th-century keep is reflected in the emerald waters of the Loue; a rock dominates the valley from its sunlit ledges, offering a splendid vantage point over the wild scenery of the Valbois ravine and the tranquil Loue valley; old manor houses from a bygone era at the bend of a narrow lane; a rest in the cool of a church under the gaze of colourful wooden saints.
The Rocher de Colonne
3.92 mi
+272 ft
-253 ft
2h 00
Easy
Departure from Scey-Maisières (Doubs)
Dominating Cléron with its massive limestone cliffs, the Rocher de Colonne is a beautiful landscape, characteristic of the upper Loue valley. From its summit, you can see the Château de Cléron, the Castel Saint-Denis, the Ravin de Valbois valley and the start of the upper Loue valley lined with its corniches.
The Norvaux valley
3.20 mi
+302 ft
-315 ft
1h 45
Easy
Departure from Amancey (Doubs)
Discover one of the unique features of the Jura mountains: the reculées, narrow, deep valleys lined with high, steep walls, formed at the end of the ice ages by a gradual retreat of the valley floor into the plateau, ending in wild cirques. The Norvaux reculée ends in three cul-de-sacs carved out by the Pomme Gaude, Fontaine des Cassards and Fontaine de Fer streams.
The Croc Chapel
3.76 mi
+184 ft
-187 ft
1h 55
Easy
Departure from Scey-Maisières (Doubs)
A short forest walk to discover the Rocher de Colonne, a superb viewpoint over the Loue valley. The first viewpoint is over Cléron and its castle. The second overlooks Scey-en-Varais, topped by Castel Saint-Denis, the start of the upper Loue valley and its cliffs, the Valbois ravine and the luminous Hautepierre rock. You will return via the Chapelle du Croc chapel and its old house lost in the woods.
The Croix des Échaulles
4.70 mi
+738 ft
-738 ft
2h 50
Easy
Departure from Épeugney (Doubs)
From Épeugney, you will climb along forest paths towards the Belvédère de Rurey at the head of the upper Loue valley with its white cliffs, and the keep of Castel Saint-Denis, the thousand-year-old sentinel of the Reculée de Valbois. You’ll descend into the Val de Cademène with its unobstructed views of the valley. And, after a stretch through somewhat wild woodland, the ‘obstacle course’ awaits you: the climb to the Croix des Échaulles. Then a peaceful return to the village and its beautiful fountains.
La Facle, Le Barmaud, La Reculée de Valbois and Castel Saint-Denis
6.62 mi
+764 ft
-751 ft
3h 45
Moderate
Departure from Scey-Maisières (Doubs)
You will discover the superb white rock cornices at the start of the upper Loue Valley, balconies overlooking the wild nature of the Valbois ravine, climbing boldly at the foot of the cliffs and crossing them via a narrow rocky pass, La Facle, which will lead you to the Barmaud viewpoint over the Brème valley and Notre-Dame du Chêne and the thousand-year-old keep of Castel Saint-Denis, still proudly perched on its rocky spur.
