Discovery trail around the Chevelu Lakes

Date of your route : Jul 31, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A good warm-up and a magnificent landscape 🤩

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Date of your route : Jun 16, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Part of the hike has been closed to pedestrians by the landowners, so a detour is necessary.

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Date of your route : Apr 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, peaceful little hike. At around the second kilometre, there is indeed a change in the route: you have to turn right and leave the lake shore, but I continued along the original path anyway. It was a bit of a hassle, but it worked out in the end!

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

Hello, the route is ideal, even for amateur hikers... easy to follow, with clear signposts... the only slight downside to this route... at the second kilometre... along the meadows... if it's raining or has rained... the path is lower down... and becomes muddy... almost impassable...luckily, the cow field is next to it, so you can follow the route by walking in the cow field... Fortunately for us, there were no cows in the field...
To be repeated in warmer weather...
Thanks, Visorando...
EC

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

Not too long, not too complicated. Passages on very quiet roads. You are in the countryside, but there is La Dent, lakes, beautiful houses...
However, it can be slippery, especially when you reach the last part of the route (very slippery stones).

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

The route is partly obsolete because you have to leave the lake shore and climb up to rejoin the route much further on.
I think the local council changed the route because it was too muddy.

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Date of your route : Apr 27, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Superb, very varied hike. No significant elevation gain, passing by a magnificent castle. Plains and woodlands, sections of small roads with no traffic, wide and narrow trails. Beautiful views of the Dent du Chat and Molard Noir. Hike completed in 2.5 hours at a leisurely pace. Just one comment: between points 1 and 2, the path is closed to protect biodiversity, so you have to go up to the right instead of following the lake. This is a nice detour as it offers a superb view and takes you through a pretty village. You then easily reach point 3. I recommend this half-day walk, even for families.

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Date of your route : Aug 28, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The first part was very pleasant, but then there was too much road, so we turned back to stay on the footpaths

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Date of your route : Jul 08, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hike shortened due to extreme heat

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Date of your route : Jun 21, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Circuit with sections closed to animals, therefore no dogs allowed. A section through the Forêt de Lierre has steep slopes, is narrow, rocky and sometimes muddy, therefore not suitable in bad weather.

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Date of your route : Oct 09, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Very nice hike with beautiful scenery. Very wet section along the lake at the start of the hike. I can confirm the picnic stop after La Madone.

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Date of your route : May 23, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A short, easy walk with very few people on this Pentecost Sunday (we came across three families and three small groups of mountain bikers). The first part was very muddy due to recent rain and the nearby lakes.
We enjoyed the route, especially after the Madonna (see point 5). We had a picnic on the large rocks after the Madonna, by the side of the road, in front of the vineyards and with the Dent du Chat and Roc de Cornillon in the background: in short, a superb setting!

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Date of your route : Jan 31, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

In my opinion, this walk is too much on the road. Fortunately, in January, there aren't many people, but it's a shame.
On the other hand, the view is very beautiful. An easy walk with a few small climbs.

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Date of your route : Oct 25, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely, easy walk

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Date of your route : Oct 09, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

I took the route backwards and got a little lost.
From Bergin, I continued on the D210a to Champrond. Between two houses in the hamlet, on the left, there is a sign pointing to Taba and Monthoux. In the hamlet of Taba, where you will find the small paved road that serves it (D44), take the small climb heading east, following the garden fences. The path is comfortable and leads to the D44 higher up. Cross it and take the forest path opposite. When this path forms a three-way junction, take the path climbing up to the left. This path climbs the Crêt de Monthoux, a pretty viewpoint over the lakes of St Jean, the Dent du Chat and a wide panorama as far as the Grand Colombier to the north.
On the slope below the summit, a trail leads to Monthoux. From this village, take the marked trail (yellow line) which descends in wide loops between the road and vineyards towards Les Grangeons, then St Jean d'en Haut and St Jean d'en Bas, where the D201 takes you back to the lakes car park.
There were about twenty people near the lakes, but no one else along the route.
The vines were just beginning to change colour and must be very beautiful at this time of year. Another interesting feature of the route is the gardens of St Jean le Haut, which are lit up by clusters of yellow grapevines.

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