La Bresse via Les Champis

Date of your route : Apr 09, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

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Date of your route : Jan 06, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

This enjoyable snowshoe hike may lose some of its appeal when done on foot. The hike consists exclusively of an ascent and descent, enhanced by the omnipresent snow. But once at the top, the view is breathtaking. On the day I did it, there was a view of the Swiss Alps and the downhill ski slopes of the Belle Montagne La Bresse ski area. The descent is a little tricky to find at first. This hike was done in good weather with plenty of snow. It took us 3 hours to complete the circular route, including a 35-minute stop to have a snack and admire the scenery.

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Date of your route : Feb 18, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

very well marked
good climb, a bit tough at first but then gradual
done without snow
very beautiful view at the top of the ridge
Completed in 2 hours 10 minutes
trail a bit messy near the chalet to find the descent, I relied on the signposts for snowshoeing

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Date of your route : Oct 16, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Long and gentle climb.
Not particularly interesting, except for the arrival on a magnificent plateau with stunning views. The return trip, off-piste, was much more enjoyable.

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Date of your route : Feb 12, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Busy, but that's to be expected on Sundays and during school holidays... Interest: apart from the Champis, I wouldn't say there are any great views. Nice climb over the first few kilometres. Very well signposted.

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Date of your route : Sep 13, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

We did this walk in mid-September and didn't see many people.
The viewpoint is very nice to see, but we couldn't find point 6 just after it, so we took a path on the left after the barrier, which led us to point 7.
The estimated time of 4 hours must be for winter with snowshoes, as we completed this walk in 1 hour 45 minutes.

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Date of your route : Feb 27, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A lovely walk with a superb view of the Honeck and, if the weather is good, even Mont Blanc.

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Date of your route : Feb 23, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A very beautiful, relaxing walk with a short climb in snowshoes, then arrival at the summit (mushrooms)
A superb view of the valley and the Bresse ski slopes
Then a very pleasant little refuge, then return
via Lispach, very family-friendly, ideal for families

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Date of your route : Feb 09, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

This route is marked for snowshoeing and signposted at the Lispach/La Bresse ski resort. It's hard to get lost.
It's a very enjoyable walk: it climbs gradually but for a long time. Once you reach Les Champis, there's a lovely view, although it was very windy up there that day. And walking in the snow is wonderful in any case.
For the record: my brother-in-law, who was with us and hadn't snowshoed for 15 years, suffered and was sore all over afterwards... it's quite a climb!

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Date of your route : Mar 22, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

The hike starts off quite steep. The cross-country section is pleasant, although visibility is poor.
The arrival at Les Champis and its viewpoint are well worth the effort.

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

We completed this beautiful hike in three hours under a clear blue sky and bright sunshine. We used snowshoes above an altitude of 1,000 metres, even though the snow was very hard and frozen. The same route in powder snow would undoubtedly have been much more difficult. There was a superb view of the slopes on the other side of the valley when we arrived at Champis, where a bench awaited us for a well-deserved rest. Highly recommended.

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