"Les Grilloux" route on the Grilloux Plateau

Located in the heart of the 1000 Étangs region, this route is suitable for both hikers and mountain bikers. From the Plateau des Grilloux, where you can picnic, you will discover magnificent views of the Ballon de Servance and a multitude of ponds that make this region a unique natural site. We guarantee that your hike will be unforgettable!

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 15.66 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 5h 00 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 181 m
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    Descent: - 186 m

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    Highest point: 715 m
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    Lowest point: 588 m

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Description of the walk

Marked trail - Mountain bike VS3

(S/E) Starting from the Plateau des Grilloux picnic area, with it behind you, take the tarmac road on the right towards Le Monthury. At the fork, continue to the right and then straight ahead twice. When you reach Les Granges du Monthury, turn right, pass between the houses and go down a stony path. You will come to a fork.

(1) Turn left twice and climb up to Petite Rocholle. Keep to the right shortly afterwards until you reach Grande Rocholle. You will come out onto a small road; take the path on the right. Continue along the track that extends the road. Shortly after the start of the track, turn right until you reach the edge of the undergrowth.

(2) Take the hairpin bend to the left between the conifers, then turn right. Stay on this side at the Étang des Viaux. Then leave the access road on the right towards some buildings. Continue straight ahead and then turn left. Turn right at the end of the road. At the end of the road, take the first road downhill and keep to the right. At the end of the road, turn left towards the Étang des Viaux Dessus.

(3) Walk along the pond and go straight up. Pass another pond and continue straight ahead until you go around the second one. Then keep to the right until you leave the banks. Continue to the road at Goutte du Frêne.

(4) Follow it to the left, then cross the meadow to the right. After passing through the forest, you will arrive at a pond, which you will go around on the left. When you reach the road, turn left towards Servance. Pass the hamlet of Les Grilloux.

(5) Above it, turn right. Stay on this road on the right until you reach Pré Guénée. Keep right at the first fork before going straight ahead and then left. When you reach the crossroads, turn left. You will come out onto a tarmac road at Pré Boichey. Turn left and continue to Les Rouillons.

(6) Turn right at the hairpin bend, then right again at Frahy. Turn left just after the pond, which you will go around. On the road leading to Les Breuchots, keep left then right at the end of the road. Continue to a crossroads. Return to the starting point by going up the road on the left. (S/E)

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 643 m - Picnic area
  2. 1 : km 1.82 - alt. 601 m - Stony path and fork
  3. 2 : km 5.17 - alt. 708 m - Exiting the undergrowth, the Conifers
  4. 3 : km 7.36 - alt. 633 m - Viaux Dessus
  5. 4 : km 8.89 - alt. 652 m - La Goutte du Frêne
  6. 5 : km 10.41 - alt. 638 m - Les Grilloux
  7. 6 : km 13.75 - alt. 605 m - Les Rouillons
  8. S/E : km 15.66 - alt. 643 m - Picnic area

Worth a visit

From the same starting point, there are two other shorter hiking routes (3.5 and 5 km). One comes with a children's activity book, available at the Mélisey and Faucogney Tourist Office. The other comes with an augmented reality mobile game, "A la Poursuite du Granbeuletin" (In Pursuit of the Granbeuletin).

Just before the entrance to the village of Servance coming from Mélisey, you will find a small car park on the left. From there, it is a 200-metre walk to the Saut de l'Ognon waterfall.

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 7 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.4 / 5
Route interest
4.7 / 5
gilberlou
gilberlou

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 03, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely autumn walk, with magnificent landscapes where pastures, ponds and forests meet.

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Helen21
Helen21

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 14, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Magnificent hike. Diverse landscapes

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thierry90000
thierry90000

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 02, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk on the plateau of 1,000 ponds, with stunning scenery and beautiful frog concerts.
Note that the trail is almost non-existent just before the Goutte pond, so it's easier to take the black dotted path on the map at the intersection with contour line 700 to reach the rocks of hell and the pond.

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Mamyta
Mamyta

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 08, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Three of us friends did the "Les Grilloux" route on Saturday, 7 August.
I would like to point out that the description does not always correspond to the map...
At No. 1, it says to turn left, but in fact you have to go straight past the picnic area... which is fine on the route.
In fact, you have to follow the signs for Les Grilloux....

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sylva
sylva

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 29, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Varied landscapes and very pleasant trails between ponds, woods, meadows and peat bogs with views of the surrounding valleys and peaks.

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Lecointre
Lecointre

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 22, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Superb hike, varied landscapes and very few people.

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Monique de la Hera
Monique de la Hera

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 17, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike through forests and ponds.
No difficulty. Highly recommended.

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