Boucle de la croix de Famban
Key facts
- Distance
- 4.3 km
- Ascent
- +85 m
- Descent
- −88 m
- Estimated time
- 1 hr 10
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Very easy
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 1 h 30 min
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 3.8 km under 10% and 0.4 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 1,230 m to 1,321 m over 4.3 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 5%
- Dirt & gravel 94%
- Unknown 1%
- Path types
- Trail 14%
- Track 80%
- Road 5%
- Off-network 1%
Difficulty
Official rating: very easy, by Département de l'Ain.
Getting there
Start: Auberge de Sur-Lyand, Corbonod, Corbonod (01).
Sources
- Track: Département de l'Ain, PDIPR, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (departement-ain.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ain::pdipr-itineraire). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 1 h 30 min, departement-ain.opendata.arcgis.com
- Surface and path types: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 28 October 2026, matched to the track every 10 m (openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- Official elevation gain: 85 m, Département de l'Ain
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