Crête sur Chavanne in Désandans

Date of your route : Mar 09, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

For your information, just before point no. 4, you need to turn left onto a fairly wide path. Follow this path for about 400 metres
and turn right to rejoin the marked path.

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At point 4, the path leading to Desandans is impassable. You must return to Desandans via the "Aller" path.

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Date of your route : Mar 08, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

The fork at point 4 is less than 200 metres from the gas pipeline crossing. At point 4, the entrance to the overgrown path with brambles does not encourage you to take it. A sign on a post indicating the descent to Desandans should be placed there, as this would avoid any questions about whether it is the right path. Fortunately, the plateau offers us the opportunity to pick beautiful daffodils.

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Date of your route : May 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hello
I have just discovered and tried out your website for the first time... It is well designed, but... It started off promisingly, but by point 4, the information was hardly reliable... A complete fiasco... I got lost and ended up behind the Arcey quarry – I couldn't find the path leading to Désandans – which meant I ended up walking 9.5 km instead of 6 km.
No problem for those who enjoy walking... but a small point to review.
Be careful when crossing the woods... there are lots of branches and fallen trees along the way... so take care
This walk could be very interesting in good weather.
Best regards

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Date of your route : Apr 20, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant short walk. Beautiful view at the top of the hike.
PLEASE NOTE: The fork mentioned at point No. 4 is impossible to find (and there is also some tree felling going on). However, 200 m further on, there is a forest path on the left which, after 500 m, leads to a gravel forest road that takes you back to the village. This adds a few hundred metres to the walk, but is no problem.

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Date of your route : Oct 14, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Thank you for this walk on a beautiful autumn day.

The signposting is very good except for the last part: "Turn left onto the path leading to Désandans. The old signposting (yellow circle) has been partially erased."

You have to turn left about 100 metres after the gas line, but the path is difficult to identify and there are no longer any markings. (From memory, there were white markings at the start, but I'm not sure.)

This walk is well worth the detour. We will return for the daffodils and probably on mountain bikes.

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Date of your route : May 01, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

A slight downside was getting a bit lost at the end of the hike due to a lack of signposting.

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Date of your route : Mar 29, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Field of daffodils in bloom .....................
Views of Chavannes ..... Saulnot ......and its aerodrome ....... Notre Dame de Ronchamp ........
Point 1, not being on the trail ....... straight ahead as expected at the fork .... we had to veer right further on.
Point 2, we had to retrace our steps to take the right path going uphill, but the GPS track is not on the IGN map.
Between points 3 and 4, it is better to walk along the ridge ..... the path is much cleaner than where the forestry tractors have passed.
Point 4... must not be marked in the right place according to the GPS... we followed a span and then found the path further on that descended to Désandans.
A beautiful walk nonetheless. You have to follow the track on your smartphone carefully and use your common sense when it comes to the terrain you encounter.
A little rain at the beginning. Minor difficulties (too often) in getting back on track so as not to stray from the initial path... Wiko-UpulseLite-Android.
A pleasant, peaceful walk in the forest.

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Date of your route : Feb 20, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Contrary to the fears expressed in the description, the end of the route (descent to Désandans) is feasible, but some signposting and a bit of cleaning up of the path would be very useful. It's a shame that all the ridge paths have been so badly damaged by forestry machinery. What about restoration?
Thank you for this beautiful route!

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I didn't go out. I'll do it later.

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Date of your route : Dec 18, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

As the hike is described, it is effectively impossible to complete the circular route because the return route from the ridge line (point 4) is difficult to identify (many trails lead off from the ridge line). What's more, it is blocked by several uprooted trees and brambles. Personally, I tried the circular in the other direction, and after weaving my way between tree trunks for the last 300 metres, I was able to reach the ridge. The IGN map is not very useful because the numerous trails, paths and tracks are not all listed. A few strokes with a chainsaw to clear the path, a sign on the ridge line indicating "DESANDANS" and some markings (I did not see any yellow circles) would make it easy to complete a nice circular.

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Date of your route : Sep 17, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant walk, but from point 4 onwards, the markings are difficult to find and the path is not very inviting, full of brambles, so we preferred to return by the same route we came

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Date of your route : Aug 18, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

The path just needs refreshing, or you need to follow the yellow markings on the tree trunks, which are a bit faded because the vegetation has grown, and this section isn't very reassuring, especially as the markings are very random. You really have to trust the path that's more or less marked on the ground, otherwise it's a very pleasant walk

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Date of your route : Jun 17, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant short hike that does not require any sophisticated equipment.

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Date of your route : Aug 22, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A very peaceful and pleasant walk in the forest.
The passage at crossroads 4 is not easy due to the brambles.

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