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uncover Moutoux, Jura: authentic hidden treasures

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Nestled in the heart of the beautiful Franche-Comté region, Moutoux, Jura is a must-visit destination for nature and culture enthusiasts alike. Set in an idyllic location, this charming town offers a wealth of activities and attractions to explore. Begin your journey by discovering the Haut-Jura Regional Natural Park, with its scenic trails and breathtaking landscapes providing unforgettable hikin...See more

Walking around Moutoux

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Between Lemme and Saine
15 km

Between Lemme and Saine

A succession of ascents and descents, paths, trails and little roads to reach the Morillon cliffs, the Langouette gorges and the belvedere of Les Prés Grillet. From CHAUX-DES-CROTENAY, head down the tarmac road (red MTB waymarking no. 69) towards Le Gros Tilleul. Turn right to reach La Fontaine Neuve and La Chaux Church. Branch off to the left on the tarmac road towards La Loye. Take the stony path that enters the forest to your right, towards La Côte Coulon and the Morillon cliffs in LE CERNOIS.Continue on the stony path that soon turns to tarmac and that runs along the cliffs and heads up to Le Rachet. Take the tarmac road to your right through the open combe of Entre-deux-Monts to reach the hamlet of Les Merets. Turn onto the road to your right and quickly turn left to take the stony path down towards the forest and up to the Étang des Drillettes (Drillettes lake). Continue on the muddy path that heads right up to Les Drillettes, and then take the long forest road along the Quenot rivulet to the road in Sous Grateloup. Carefully cross the départemental road and take the road opposite you that will lead you to the LAVOIR (washhouse) - LES PLANCHES-EN-MONTAGNE via La Fontenette and Le Girod. Continue on the main village road towards Bas du Village. Head down the road to your left and cross a bridge over the La Langouette gorges. Continue on the road, past LE MARTINET and reach Montliboz. Branch off to the right on a stony path that then heads up into the forest, towards Derrière la Montagne Ronde (“behind the round mountain”). Take the muddy path that follows along the right of the D 16 until you reach Chez Tatet, and then take the tarmac road down to La Feuillée au Loup. Turn left onto a small forest path towards La Voie Sacrée. Follow the white path to your right for 200 metres, and then turn left into an area with railings and a building. Follow a long and narrow trail through the forest. Exit onto a tarmac road, turn left and follow the trail to LES PRÉS GRILLETS. After the short out-and-back to the belvedere of Les Prés Grillets, continue on the tarmac road towards La Grande Cheminée. Descend to your left on the stony forest path and take the winding trail to your right to reach Les Messageries. Turn left on the tarmac road and reach the hamlet of Cornu. Continue left onto the road to the hamlet and then turn right just before the last farm. Head up the stony path through the pastures to reach Les Champs Montants. Turn right and return to your point of departure in CHAUX-DES-CROTENAY via a little stony path.

5 h
26 km
Easy
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Gorges of the Saine and the Langouette
16 km

Gorges of the Saine and the Langouette

A lake, a stream, a river, waterfalls and gorges are on the naturally wealthy menu for this trail. For dessert, the works of the "tram" line and other quaint elements from the villages and hamlets you will pass through. The trail meets up the FONCINE-LE-BAS crossroads and ascends to the right (yellow waymarking) via the Grand-Vie farm road (oratory, former tramline crossing) before reaching Les Fumey. The grassy path to your right crosses the D 62. The road then serves the Fumey hamlet and leads to the Lac à la Dame crossroads. To your right, take the farm road uphill and follow along the Senge stream before fording the stream (pile of rocks). The trail skews off to the right into the forest (beautiful beech forest) and follows along a first clearing before descending towards the Cingernaux combe. Circumventing the combe, after a sharp turn, you will come to the D 127 in Malvaux (view onto the waterfalls of the la Ruine forebay). Cross the D 127, take the wide path below the road. Reach the LES-PLANCHES-EN-MONTAGNE WASHHOUSE by crossing the bridge over the Saine. The trail (white and red waymarking) follows the Landouette Gorges Trail to the left, which opens out onto le Martinet. The path then heads up the village following the road to the right (yellow waymarking) before reaching THE WASHHOUSE. To the left, the path heads along the Washhouse road (white and red waymarking) before heading up the Saine's right embankment and reaching the Fumey Badoz Factory Canal. To the right, the stony and shaded path (yellow waymarking) heads up the valley until it comes to the stream called la Pisse, which you will follow up to the left (passing under the viaduct) to reach Sous Bayard. The path heads up (white and red waymarking) the gorges of Malvaux, with a short section in the dark tunnel until it reaches the Douanets Viaduct. Cross the viaduct (yellow waymarking) to return to your starting point at the Champ de Mars.

3 h
9.7 km
Easy
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A trip around the four lakes
17 km

A trip around the four lakes

Petit Maclu and Grand Maclu, Ilay and Narlay: these are four emblematic lakes of the riparian Jura landscape often called “Little Scotland”. Families with young children should choose the trip around the three lakes, which is shorter and only includes one road crossing. From the parking lot, carefully cross the D 75 (yellow waymarking) and head to the Monts des Ifs intersection. Follow the path to the left below the road and reach the top of the LAC DU PETIT MACLU (Petit Maclu Lake). Take the good stony path along the lakes, heading past the Petit Maclu and the Grand Maclu, and after a small forest section, arrive at the edge of the Lac d’Ilay before joining up with the Chemin des lacs.  Continue on the path to your right (white and red waymarking) until you reach Lac d’Ilay. (If you would like to shorten this circuit and only take the trip around the three lakes, branch off to the right and take the Chemin des Bornes, followed by the Mont des Ifs.)From the Lac d’Ilay intersection, carefully cross the D 75 and follow a tree-lined path towards the hamlet of LA FROMAGERIE.Turn right (yellow waymarking) onto a long wooded path bordered by hedges, which heads to Le Raffour and then right to the village LE FRASNOIS.Turn left. Chemin de la Vierge heads along the back of the village and meets up with the D 75 to the right. Take the road to your left, head past the church and the town hall and take the road towards Lac de Narlay.At the Vers Narlay intersection, continue on the road to your left, and head towards the houses at the bottom of the hamlet. Follow the stony path that heads up and along the left of the lake. The path will take you up to the Monts des Ifs parking lot.

3 h
11 km
Very easy
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The Saine's source
18 km

The Saine's source

The Saine valley is full of natural wealth. We invite you on a discovery of its source; a surge of a wild, yet accessible nature. A true jewel within the classified site of the High Valley of the Saine. From the FONCINE-LE-HAUT Information point, the circuit heads up the Grande Rue for 150 m and opens onto The Village square (shops and fountain). It branches off to the left (white and red waymarking) before heading along the Saine and following the road that leads to a hamlet called Chez Vallet. On exiting the hamlet, a shaded path bordered by low walls heads right and up to the Bayard Pasture.The SAINE'S SOURCE is accessible (yellow waymarking) within 15 mins out and back (interpretive sign - The Saine's source).On returning from the source, a trail ascends to the right (yellow and red waymarking) towards le Bayard. The trail follows along a pasture, overlooking the Foncine valley, before following a grassy path. At Sous-le-Bayard, the stony path branches off to the right and quickly heads up to la Vie-Romaine. The path then gradually ascends to the left to the botanical trail of le BAYARD.After 50 m, the little road to the right will lead you to La Combette aux Loups.To the left, the path will take you to the LA ROCHE FENDUE belvedere through the pleasant undergrowth. Head a few meters back the way you came and continue right along the ridge until you reach Côte Bayard, then turn left and gradually descend through the Junipers, until you reach the Renvers des Ruines pass.The Couillou belvedere can be accessed to your right within 5 mins there and back.On returning to the pass, the road to the right descends to the Chemin du Col (yellow waymarking) before cutting through the LES RUINES hamlet (18th century chapel).Exit the hamlet and take the rural path that heads to the right and will lead you to the Grange-Charnoz before joining up with the road at an oratory (dated 1747) and reaching Le Bas-de-Ville. Continue on this road to the left, and then take the path towards La Vie-à-Gayet.The trail turns right, crosses the road and descends towards a sawmill. Cross the D 437 at Choudet mill. Continue straight ahead to join the Saine and cross the Thiémont bridge. Take the path around to the left towards les Isles, following along the river's left bank to reach your point of departure.

3 h
11 km
Easy
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The three lakes
18 km

The three lakes

A succession of rolling paths and little roads on the plateau, departing from Foncine-le-Bas, where the Seine flows. Head down the village and to the crossroads with the D 437 to find the FONCINE-LE-BAS intersection (). Turn right up the “chemin de la Grande Vie” which on exiting the village becomes a white path bordered by pastures. Exit in Les Fumey. Cross the D 62 with care and follow the little tarmac road to the Lac à la Dame (the Lady’s lake). Continue on the road around the lake, through a hamlet, and then head to Les Monnets via a little trail that branches off to the right. Head through the hamlet, and on exiting it take the road that turns left down towards Les Voigneurs. Take the white path that turns left after a building and follows along a peat bog, before exiting onto the D 62 at the entrance of Fort-du-Plasne. Head down the road to the village and towards La Fontaine Ronde (the round fountain).  Take the little road to the left that heads down towards Le Crêt. Behind the village, cross a road and take a stony path that turns muddy and heads up to the forest. Then exit once again onto the road, and follow it to the right to quickly reach Le Crêt. Continue on this road and head down to Les Thévenins, the hamlet of the Lac-des-Rouges-Truites. Carefully cross the D 437 to reach La Gare (the train station) and continue to reach LE BUGNON ().Turn left onto a white path along the edge of a combe, through the middle of the pastures. Head past the Pont du Rquai and the Fontaine aux Cernois (Cernois fountain) to reach the hamlet of Sous le Mont Noir. Head down the road to your right and continue straight through the pastures, leaving the hamlet. The trail branches off to the left (MTB path) and heads through the forest to LA GRANGE A L’OLIVE. Take the tarmac road to the left overlooking the Galavo rivulet, head through the hamlet of La Gypserie to reach the D 437. Turn right, down to the village of FONCINE-LE-BAS.

3 h
14 km
Very easy
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Le Lernier
19 km

Le Lernier

South of the Mouthe valley, a succession of forests and pastures, punctuated by two belvederes: a recent one at the Côte Feuillée to learn about ski jumping and its history, and the Roche Blanche in Chatelblanc. Starting at Cébriot (stream) facing the town hall, the trail heads up the village (white and red waymarking) to LERNIER, before (yellow and blue waymarking) following the D 46 and reaching l’Estanguillon. The path heads up to the right through a valley with a small stream before exiting onto Sur la Chenoz where the first house's dam is proof of the existence of a former mill. The path then turns abruptly to the right, to access the COTE FEUILLEE. The trail continues on a path that descends into a forest to the left (pay attention to the waymarking) until it reaches the Place à bois des Serments. The path to the right, which is suitable for vehicles (white and red waymarking) passes through a combe to les Serments, and then (yellow and blue waymarking) comes to Bois des Ravières. The Bridaux forebay waterfall and the vestiges of its mill can be accessed within 5 mins via LA SCIE. Be careful! The route heads upwards towards Chatelblanc and quickly reaches (100 m) La Combette de la Roche. A grassy trail crosses through a pasture (MTB path) before exiting onto the Grand Réservoir. The panoramic view from Roche Blanche is then accessible within 5 mins (there and back). Be careful! When you have returned from the viewpoint, the good farm road that pleasantly overlooks the combe to the east joins up with "Chemin de la Roche" after a sharp bend to the left. A barely-signposted trail to the right in the combe (MTB path) cuts through the meadows, joins up with a path and opens out into the heart of Chaux-Neuve, behind the old cheese dairy.

3 h
9.3 km
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Voyages des Sens
69 km

Voyages des Sens

A mixed cuisine with flavors from here and elsewhere, surprising recipes between local and modern. Our restaurant is distinguished by a bib gourmand in the Michelin guide. The fruit of the imagination of Julie Morelle in the dining room and chef Nicolas Morelle, the Voyages des sens restaurant offers inventive cuisine, full of flavors and authenticity. Discover our specialties with local accents, our dishes revisited with raw and delicate flavors at the same time. Take advantage of your stay in the region to enjoy a gourmet getaway where fresh and seasonal products are available in the vicinity of the restaurant. The restaurant is located in a small village of Revermont in Treffort-Cuisiat, this beautiful Bresse house, carved in the stone will seduce you by its charm, its authenticity, its quiet environment and its breathtaking view on the surrounding countryside. Our restaurant is now distinguished by a bib gourmand in the Michelin guide A unique place in Treffort-Cuisiat to meet and share a moment of pleasure and discovery In the heart of the Bresse region, Treffort-Cuisiat is located at the foot of many hills and is part of the natural region of Revermont. Its stone winegrower's houses, attest to its past of vineyard cultivation and the presence of numerous stone quarries. Gastronomy has always been closely linked to the Bresse region. In front of the fireplace in winter or on the flowered terrace in summer, let yourself be guided on a journey where audacity mixes with tradition to highlight the finesse of the products of our region.

33 rue principale Village de Cuisiat 01370 Val-Revermont
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Caution!
We have no information on the difficulty of this circuit. You may encounter some surprises along the way. Before you go, please feel free to inquire more and take all necessary precautions. Have a good trip! 🌳🥾