Circuit des Fougères
Key facts
- Distance
- 7.8 km
- Ascent
- +279 m
- Descent
- −278 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 20
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Not rated
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 6.0 km under 10%, 1.6 km at 10 to 20% and 0.2 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,429 m to 1,669 m over 7.8 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 6%
- Dirt & gravel 93%
- Unknown 1%
- Path types
- Trail 29%
- Track 60%
- Road 11%
Difficulty
No official rating for this track: we do not make one up.
Getting there
Start: Vaulnaveys-le-Haut, Vaulnaveys-le-Haut (38).
Sources
- Track: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12173030). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Surface and path types: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 28 October 2026, matched to the track every 10 m (openstreetmap.org/copyright)
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