Circuit of viewpoints and balconies in Yenne

This is a half-day outing and the route is dotted with points of interest with information panels.
Until the Pré Cevin intersection, shortly after the Croix de Chevru, the route follows theGR® trail, which is part of the Way of St. James. Then follow the yellow markings until you reach your destination.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.47 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 20 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 317 m
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    Descent: - 317 m

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    Highest point: 545 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 226 m

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Description of the walk

In Yenne, park near the cemetery.

(S/E) Take the road that runs alongside the cemetery on your left. Go through a hairpin bend and, at the second hairpin bend, take the path on the right: there is also parking available here. The Notre-Dame de la Montagne chapel at the edge of the path is quickly reached

(1). Continue on and you will soon come to another point of interest, slightly off the path: a viewpoint over the Rhône and the tomb of Pierre Boisson.

(2) Return to the path and set off on a longer route to another viewpoint with a view of the Chartreuse de Pierre Châtel in the Ain.
Back on the path, continue towards the Croix de Chevru. Along the way, there are a few unmarked viewpoints.

(:3) Shortly after the Croix de Chevr, leave theGR® and turn left: the path descends to the hamlet of Chevru and ends at the road.

(4) Cross the hamlet (note the cross) and continue along the road towards Curtelod, keeping to the right at the hairpin bend that leads to a French Naturist Federation centre.

(5) As you cross Curtelod, note another large cross. Shortly afterwards, before leaving the hamlet, leave the road that leads directly back to Yenne.
Turn right; this is the only place where you need to pay attention to your direction.
The path first descends and then climbs back up near an isolated house.

(6) Take the grassy path that descends to Yenne (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 228 m - Park near the cemetery. - Rhône (River)
  2. 1 : km 0.75 - alt. 282 m - Chapel of Notre-Dame de la Montagne
  3. 2 : km 0.91 - alt. 277 m - Viewpoint over the Rhône - Rhône (River)
  4. 3 : km 4.78 - alt. 540 m - Chevru cross
  5. 4 : km 6.32 - alt. 390 m - Hamlet of Chevru
  6. 5 : km 7.03 - alt. 345 m - Curtelod
  7. 6 : km 7.31 - alt. 331 m - Isolated house
  8. S/E : km 8.47 - alt. 228 m - Parking

Worth a visit

Cheese making in Yenne.
Vineyards in the region.
Village of Chanaz.

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5
Based on 53 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.8 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.7 / 5
Route interest
4.5 / 5
Karline73
Karline73

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 16, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely route through the Savoyard foothills, with several viewpoints and varied walks

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GABY et OLIVIER
GABY et OLIVIER

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 08, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very pretty circular route with some beautiful views.
Very quiet route, hunters at the start of the route not very friendly "when asked...can we pass or not?" ...response "you are on communal hunting grounds, you are not from the commune, go somewhere else!!! And I am on a hiking trail, so go and stand somewhere other than on the paths!!!

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kizonette
kizonette

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 02, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

beautiful hike without any particular difficulties

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Héritier
Héritier

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 06, 2025
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 (a little short) done to check out the autumn colours, magnificent viewpoints – definitely worth doing again. Only encountered two people plus the hunters. From point 4, to avoid the road, I didn't go to point 5 but only to point 6, going down the road to the Hermitage (about 700 m of road). From the Hermitage, there is a small path (which can turn into a stream) that starts at the end of a fenced-in meadow, but you can easily climb over the fence.

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nivolet
nivolet

Overall rating : 5 / 5

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

Easy and very beautiful hike. Not many people in the morning, but when we returned in the early afternoon, there were lots of cars parked there.

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HBoulouet
HBoulouet

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 25, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Easy hike with wonderful scenery. At the end of May, the weather was splendid, making the shaded trail very pleasant. The natural surroundings were magnificent, with superb, diverse flora and lots of butterflies.

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alaindup
alaindup

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 20, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

a lovely route above the Rhone Valley with several impressive viewpoints

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Guyane38
Guyane38
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Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 18, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Pretty viewpoints over the Rhône and other local attractions. Two minor drawbacks to this hike: you have to walk along a road for about 1 km on the way there and the same on the way back for about 1.5 km.
Also, on that day, there was a wild boar hunt that wasn't mentioned at the start of the hike at the Yenne cemetery...
I found myself right in the middle of it!
As for the time indicated, it took me 2 hours and 40 minutes, stopping at the viewpoints for a few moments.

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xtian74
xtian74

Overall rating : 4.5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 23, 2024
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Like many of the commentators, at the hamlet of Curtelod, I took the path through the woods that leads to a place called La Prison, where you can rejoin the trail used on the way up. With this option, it is preferable for several reasons to start from the Notre-Dame de la Montagne car park (N45.70295° E5.74886°). The distance is 8 km and the elevation gain is reduced to 350 metres.

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catilaine
catilaine
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

I did the suggested tour on 21 March – the first day of spring, with beautiful weather and temperatures already warm for the season. I appreciated the clear directions, which made it easy to find my way around. There were beautiful views with explanations in French and German about the Rhône and the fortifications of Pierre Châtel.
The spring flowers were also a highlight: periwinkles, sweet violets and white violets, lesser celandine, euphorbia, primroses, arum, flowering boxwood, flowering blackthorn, and other pink-flowering shrubs, as well as dead trees surrounded by moss... so many beautiful plants and the pleasure of seeing bees and bumblebees buzzing around. (A plant recognition app came in very handy!) Unfortunately, the forest has suffered from the drought and strong winds of last autumn: many dead and uprooted trees litter the path, but it is easy to get around them.
To finish the walk, we avoided the paved road after the hamlet of Curtelod and took the path through the woods (signposted "Prison" and "Chapelle Notre Dame de la Montagne"). The length of the walk wasn't important, as I like to take my time and stop along the way to take photos.
This is a route I will do again in different seasons.

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Benoit Nelles
Benoit Nelles

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 24, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

This route offers different views of the Rhône and the fortifications of the Pierre-Châtel gorge. I will do it again in spring when there are more flowers. The vegetation is very interesting.

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LMDM
LMDM

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 29, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful views.
No difficulty (except for those who are not physically fit, apparently)

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ZOUBI38
ZOUBI38

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 07, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The explanations are very good along the route. The first part is a bit steep at the start but not difficult. Pleasant scenery along the Rhône. The second part, the descent, is uninteresting. Personally, I should have turned back and gone down the same way I came up.

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gbacherot
gbacherot

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

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

A lovely walk to start the season.
No difficulty.
This hike must be very pleasant when it's really hot.

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Martine Gullon
Martine Gullon

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 13, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant walk with lovely views and good paths.

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