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Camping Municipal du Val de Saine at Foncine-le-haut

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Welcome to Camping Municipal du Val de Saine in Foncine-le-haut, where every stay invites adventure and discovery. Nestled in the picturesque Jura department of Franche-Comté, our campground is the perfect starting point for exploring this exceptional region. Discover the Cascades du Hérisson, a short distance away. This network of spectacular waterfalls invites visitors for memorable hikes along ...See more

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The Saine's source
1.2 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
4 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
5.2 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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Gorges of the Saine and the Langouette
5.8 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
Very easy
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The Mortes and Bellefontaine Lakes
6.3 km

The Mortes and Bellefontaine Lakes

From the viewpoints on Roche Champion and Roche Bernard, the striking Nordic nature of the High Jura's lakes, peat bogs and mountain forests grabs hikers' attention. From the village's small central square, at the hike's starting point, the trail follows the D 46 towards the town hall (white and red waymarking). At "chemin des Sources", a road to the left crosses the combe, borders a peat bog and ascends to La Madone. The path skews off to the left crossing a wooded meadow. At the Reservoir, the trail ascends to the right through a pasture and leads to LA ROCHE CHAMPION. Occasionally rocky, this path continues between the rocky barrier and the swiss border, heads past the Git de l’Echelle and on a wider path, leads to Sur-le-Risoux-des-Lacs, and, turning right, to the Rocky Crossroads. The unmissable belvedere of Roche Bernard can be accessed to the left within 5 mins. From the Rocky Crossroads, a stony forest road, "heads down the hill" (yellow and red waymarking) before leading to the Customs Barrack. Follow the road to the left (white and red waymarking). Head past the ON THE LAKES viewpoint and continue on a white path that overlooks the peat bogs through La Feuillat until you reach les Grands Pins. The trail then follows the D 18 to the right (yellow waymarking) and at the first crossing (the Chalet of Mandrillons) takes a left turn onto the road towards Chaux Mourant before reaching les Assignats. To the right a forest path interspersed with clearings leads to the Chez Bourgeois and Chez Jean Bouveret hamlets. Continuing in the same direction, the trail which is mostly a forest path opens onto the D18 at LES MORTES.  Follow the road to the left and take the little road to the les Mortes hamlet (yellow and blue waymarking) to reach Les Mortes Little Woods Crossroads to the left via the D46. The trail takes the D 46 E to the left and leads a crossroads with "chemin des Bornes". A path heads uphill to the right, enters the forest and descends to La Toumire and later La Chaumeau. The path the heads back uphill to the right along the edge of the la Chaumeau pasture, branches off to the left along a trail through the meadows towards to the road to les Chaumelles. Cross the road and, on the other side, a combe and a wooded meadow that lead to les Champs Nouveaux. Take the road to LES LANDRY to your right (white and red waymarking), and then a road west of the village to return to CHAPELLE-DES-BOIS.

5 h
16 km
Easy
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Rouges Truites lake discovery circuit
7.8 km

Rouges Truites lake discovery circuit

This lake’s privacy, at the bottom of a valley in Grandvaux, is equalled only by its beauty, which reveals its peat bogs and reedbeds. From the Le Bugnon chalet behind you, follow the white path to the right. This path alternates between woods and meadows. Carry on straight until you come to round metal bars in the ground: this is a cattle grid (vehicles can pass through, but cattle cannot. This means the cows are well kept!) Before crossing, take a quick trip on the grassy path to your right to a small cabin (built after the 1999 storm, this small structure was used to house a pump which watered the woods and avoided them becoming damaged). Take the time to admire the peat around you before returning the way you came and continuing left on the white path. Further along, on exiting the forest, you will come to a large meadow at the Rquai bridge (Pont du Rquai). Take care when heading along the barbed wire to your left, you will discover a small opening to enter the field. Follow the grassy path that is still visible and head along the white stone. You will come to the entrance to another field, which may be obstructed depending on the season by an electrical wire, take care to put the wire back in place if necessary. Continue towards the small wooden bridge over the river. Continue straight, heading up the chariot path lined with trees. When you reach another path, at Voie du tram, head left and admire the landscape while you walk. You have a birds-eye view over the entire humid area. Continue on this landscape path and it will bring you to the hamlet of Thévenins (the old cheese dairy to your right was created in 1905. Since 2017, the cooperative of the Lac-des-Rouges-Truites merged with the Saint-Pierre cooperative, becoming the Pays Grandvallier cooperative. Their combined milk - 97% of which is used to make Comté - is transformed in a new cheese dairy building in Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux.) When you reach the first houses, take the small road to the left that heads between a few houses. From the Station (La Gare), the old tram station, head down the road that crosses the valley towards the Domaine du Bugnon. Take care when heading along the barbed wire to your left, you will discover a small opening to enter the field. Follow the grassy path that is still visible and head along the white stone. You will come to the entrance to another field, which may be obstructed depending on the season by an electrical wire, take care to put the wire back in place if necessary. Continue towards the small wooden bridge over the river. Continue straight, heading up the chariot path lined with trees. When you reach another path, at

1 h
4 km
Very easy
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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! 🌳🥾