The Bout du Monde waterfall in Beure

Park in the space along Chemin de Maillot, on the left, well before reaching the hamlet. Yellow-red and yellow-blue markings. One section is unmarked.

(S/E) Go up Chemin de Maillot and quickly descend to the right via the stony path that starts between the safety barrier and the metal gate (Trail 9, Sentier du Rocher de Valmy). At the first bend, there is a view of the Bout du Monde waterfall and the cliffs.

Continue downhill until you reach a fork. Continue straight ahead (despite the sign telling you to turn left) to reach Rue de la Cascade. Cross the small bridge on the left and immediately turn into the small alley on the right for a round trip to the old wash house.

(1) Retrace your steps and turn left, still on Rue de la Cascade. When it turns left, continue straight ahead to find the path that climbs steeply up the hillside. Don't be put off by the "No Entry" sign put up by a grumpy landowner. Access to the path is permitted, but he has conscientiously fenced it off, preventing a return trip to the second Pisseur waterfall. As you cross the orchard, take a look at the mountain on your left to see the old walls from the days when the hillsides around Besançon were terraced for farming. This is a beautiful but challenging trail that climbs along the rocks and leads to a small plateau. Look for a small, very slippery path that will take you to the Cascade de la Pisseur waterfall and back.

(2) Return to the path and continue climbing to the top of the stream, where you will come to a perpendicular path. Turn left, joining a wider path. Continue straight ahead (Mountain Bike Trail 114). A little over 150 m further on, at a small red mountain bike sign, look for the path on the left that climbs to the unsecured viewpoint over Beure and the Doubs valley.

(3) Return to the path, continuing downhill, looking for traces of the iron-rimmed wheels of our former farmers on the stones. Cross and stay on the footbridge over the Mercuraux stream (the cliffs are close by). You will reach the hamlet of Maillot.

(4) Turn left (at the electricity substation), walk about twenty steps, and climb to the right towards No. 9. Look to the left for the start of a path that climbs the wooded hillside. Soon you will see a small, discreet path on the left (white and red cross), leaving the well-marked trail about ten steps before a signpost. Follow the well-marked path, which leads you to a small rock barrier. Cross it by following the path, which veers slightly to the right. Pass some beautiful mossy rocks on your left and you will arrive at an open space with a panoramic view of the Fontain and Arguel mountains, the Rocher de Valmy and the Doubs valley. This viewpoint is not secured.

(5) Continue along the path, which has a short difficult section (skirting a slope), which you should approach with caution, to reach a marked path leading downhill. Continue downhill to discover the Roman road of the Sentier du Sert. At Chemin de Maillot, go up to the left to the car park. (S/E).

(!) Despite its brevity, this walk has all the makings of a real hike. The route follows cliff-top paths and offers several unsecured viewpoints. The paths, which are sometimes rocky and slippery, require caution and good physical condition. Suitable footwear is essential and the use of walking sticks is strongly recommended.

(N.B.) Previously, we could walk along the Ruisseau de la Pisseur to reach the bottom of a pretty little valley where the stream offered the charm of its two waterfalls. Today, the owner of the field, who is not very generous with natural beauty, channels us between two fences!

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