The Chaudefour Valley

Date of your route : Sep 21, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

too much driving at the end

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So is it allowed to walk through private property?
It’s a snowshoe hike, but this isn’t specified on Visorando, and the route appears in searches for both ‘hiking’ and ‘snowshoeing’. Snowshoeing in winter is permitted under the Mountain Act; however, once the snow has melted, a group or an individual is breaking the law, as we are back on private land, with barbed wire fences or livestock.
It would be helpful to highlight this point in the route description.

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Hello and thank you for this review. This hike is a snowshoe hike and there is no path between points 6 and 2, as the section was covered in deep snow, which allowed us to get past the barbed wire without any difficulty.
Have a lovely day

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Date of your route : Sep 16, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

We were a group – – and from point 6 on the way back to point 2, there was no marked path corresponding to the route provided; in fact, there was no path at all. We had to cross private land (which is normally forbidden, especially for a group of 20 people) and squeeze under the fences.

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Date of your route : Jun 19, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Some very beautiful waterfalls and an excellent iron-rich spring for drinking

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Date of your route : Aug 17, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely route with waterfalls. When you reach the waterfalls, watch your step.

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Date of your route : Jun 14, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant route, partly through woodland.

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Date of your route : Nov 18, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

So much tarmac, and a lot of it on a busy road! Next time, we'll park at the nature reserve car park and go further into the Chaudefour Valley (Cascade de la Biche waterfall, valley floor, Dent de la Rancune rock formation, etc.), which is what we did, but it added quite a few extra kilometres. The valley itself is magnificent!
The way back is lost in the meadows, fortunately without any livestock at this time of year.

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Date of your route : Nov 17, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Departure from Courbange.
A pleasant walk despite the gale-force winds! Soft light and ideal walking temperatures. Easy going, particularly for reaching the Biche waterfall. Interesting ferruginous source of the Pérouse.

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I did the summer version: starting at the nature reserve, to the waterfall (steep climb through the undergrowth). So I'm not giving a rating for the snowshoe version. Not too many people at the end of June, except for schoolchildren playing truant during the heatwave (with their teachers).

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Date of your route : Oct 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

we chose this route knowing that it would be interesting, especially because of the nature. We were not disappointed.
Unfortunately, we couldn't get to the waterfall because there were pieces of wood across the path and it was dangerous.
A pleasant afternoon.

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Date of your route : Aug 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

There were lots of people on this beautiful course, which meant lots of vehicles (in the paid car park) and it wasn't easy to find a space.
It's a shame that all the waterfalls aren't signposted
The end of the hike was a bit steep!

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Date of your route : Aug 01, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

A pleasant, enjoyable hike.
Pérouse waterfall, not signposted.
Cascade de la Biche waterfall, just a trickle of water, disappointing. A little difficult to access from the undergrowth for young children.
Paid parking, very crowded.

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Departure from the forest house towards the Biche waterfall. We are a group of walkers aged between 60 and 80. Due to the difficulty of the path, which was too steep for the Biche waterfall, we turned back. However, we had already spent a week hiking in the area and were a little tired. Very beautiful landscape

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Date of your route : Jul 23, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

The hike starts on a fairly busy road. In summer, I think it's better to leave your car at Rocher de l'Aigle. We went to the bottom of the valley and the Moine waterfall, which adds about 3 km. The scenery is magnificent. The return route (around 6 p.m.) starts in the forest and then opens up into a more open area surrounded by flowers. Once on the ridge, it was impossible to follow the Visorando trail as there was no path and this would have meant crossing a fenced-off field. We followed the fence, through the grass and flowers. Not always easy... When we came to another fence (a single wire) just before the D36, we had two options: go under the wire and continue for a few metres, but this would take us to a high, very steep road embankment that would be very difficult to climb down, or decide to go over the barbed wire fence around the meadow that we had been following for a while (fortunately, there were no sheep in the meadow when we passed through), which we followed until we left the meadow and reached the road. I suppose that in winter, the route indicated is no problem with snowshoes, but Visorando should add a note to the details for passages on foot outside of winter.

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