Circular route from La Source to Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux

This is a peaceful, family-friendly and easy route that takes you through the typical landscapes of Grandvaux: forests, woodlands, pastures and dirt tracks...
A walk starting from the centre of Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.67 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 83 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 82 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 939 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 870 m

Description of the walk

In the centre of Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux, park in the car park behind the tourist office.

(S/E) With your back to the car park, walk up through the village along Rue de Genève to the roundabout and head between the casino and the equipment hire shop.

(1) Pass between the casino and the badge hut before reaching the pastures. Turn right and climb the grassy slope alongside the campsite. Then turn left to follow the hedgerows, then right to find a track (former tram line). Follow the track to the second bend.

(2) Head up to the right, cut across a track and go through the railway tunnel. At the next junction, continue straight on, along the path through the pasture to Les Pierres. Cross the road and continue along the path at the bottom of the valley which leads to En Fouradon and then Les Cloisons. Continue straight on at the first two junctions. You will reach a third.

(3) Turn right onto the forest track, passing the spring (metal trough). You’ll come to another junction.

(4) Pass the entrance to the quarry on your right and head left up the track towards Les Jeannez. Continue straight on to the road and head back down towards the hamlet of Les Poncets and the D437. Continue to the end of the street.

(5) The path veers to the right. Continue straight on along the track. Carry on to Salave de Vent via the Chemin de l'Ancien Chalet (the old cheese dairy on the left, recognisable by the small loophole-style windows on the north-facing façade). Continue to the D437.

(6) Follow it to the right for 20 m. Turn right to cross the hamlet. Then a wide path runs alongside a housing estate and leads, after the fields, to Chemin de l’œuf.

(7) Continue straight on along Rue du Vatican, which joins the D678 at its end, and cross the level crossing. Turn immediately right towards the station until the next junction.

(8) Return to the village centre via Rue Rouget de Lisle on the left. Turn right at the end of the street to return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 907 m - Office de tourisme Haut-Jura Grandvaux
  2. 1 : km 0.99 - alt. 914 m - Casino
  3. 2 : km 2.06 - alt. 897 m - Les Maisonnettes
  4. 3 : km 4.67 - alt. 916 m - “Les Cloisons” junction
  5. 4 : km 5.24 - alt. 912 m - Junction with the entrance to the quarry
  6. 5 : km 6.28 - alt. 901 m - Turn
  7. 6 : km 7.18 - alt. 907 m - D437
  8. 7 : km 7.67 - alt. 908 m - Chemin de l'oeuf
  9. 8 : km 8.42 - alt. 906 m - Gare de St-Laurent-en-Grandvaux
  10. S/E : km 8.67 - alt. 907 m - Office de tourisme Haut-Jura Grandvaux

Notes

You will find toilets and all amenities in Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux.

Worth a visit

- Visit Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux (S/E).
- Forests, meadows, woods, pastures and dirt tracks characterise the region’s landscape.

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.2 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.2 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
Orny
Orny

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 23, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely little outing

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OT Haut-Jura Grandvaux
OT Haut-Jura Grandvaux

Thank you for your comment. Have a great week.

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chalune74
chalune74

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 20, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

I agree with Gisèle 94 about the enchanting stretch between points 2 and 3.
Otherwise, a very pleasant walk, easily done by arriving and leaving by train, with the superb Hirondelles line.
The section past the dairy is also a highlight of the walk.

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Gisèle 94
Gisèle 94

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 11, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant circular route around St Laurent.

Very pleasant sections between points 2 and 3

  • We lost the route between points 1 and 2 but found it again further on thanks to our smartphone.
  • Be careful not to turn off too early before point 3! (There is another forest track branching off to the right which you should ignore.)
  • We didn’t see the spring....

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Zitrone
Zitrone

Yes, no problem

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OT Haut-Jura Grandvaux
OT Haut-Jura Grandvaux
• Edited:

Hello,
Thank you for your feedback. To help us improve the signage and wayfinding, would you mind contacting us via private message?
Kind regards
Laure Gobin

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Zitrone
Zitrone

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 01, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The start of the walk was a bit too much on the road, and we got a bit lost towards the end.
Everything else was fine, pleasant and easy

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matnat
matnat

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 19, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : Not used / Not applicable
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant walk with a varied route

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