Balade de l'Estive
Key facts
- Distance
- 2.1 km
- Ascent
- +61 m
- Descent
- −47 m
- Estimated time
- 35 min
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Easy
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 45 min
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 1.9 km under 10% and 0.2 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 1,187 m to 1,234 m over 2.1 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 50%
- Dirt & gravel 49%
- Unknown 1%
- Path types
- Trail 46%
- Track 5%
- Road 49%
Difficulty
Official rating: easy, by Département du Doubs.
Getting there
Start: Gounefay, Pontarlier, Pontarlier (25).
Sources
- Track: Département du Doubs (explore.doubs.fr), ODbL, ODbL 1.0 (explore.doubs.fr/trek/1499-Balade-de-l-Estive). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 45 min, 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: 61 m, Département du Doubs
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