Autour du Château de Joux
Key facts
- Distance
- 35.9 km
- Ascent
- +886 m
- Descent
- −784 m
- Estimated time
- 3 hr 05
- gravel
- 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: 35.4 km under 10% and 0.5 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 827 m to 1,306 m over 35.9 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 89%
- Dirt & gravel 11%
- Path types
- Trail 2%
- Track 32%
- Road 66%
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Département du Doubs.
Getting there
Start: Pontarlier, Pontarlier (25).
Sources
- Track: Département du Doubs (explore.doubs.fr), ODbL, ODbL 1.0 (explore.doubs.fr/trek/4004-Autour-du-Chateau-de-Joux). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 3 h, explore.doubs.fr
- 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: 886 m, Département du Doubs
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