Boucle des Platières
Key facts
- Distance
- 9.4 km
- Ascent
- +270 m
- Descent
- −280 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 40
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 3 h
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 8.2 km under 10% and 1.2 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 1,228 m to 1,422 m over 9.4 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 1%
- Dirt & gravel 97%
- Unknown 2%
- Path types
- Trail 26%
- Track 71%
- Road 1%
- Off-network 2%
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, 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: 3 h, 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: 270 m, Département de l'Ain
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