Grotte du Bisontin
Key facts
- Distance
- 9.6 km
- Ascent
- +387 m
- Descent
- −322 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 50
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 2 h 45 min
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 6.0 km under 10%, 3.4 km at 10 to 20% and 0.2 km over 20%. Elevation from 371 m to 666 m over 9.6 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 36%
- Dirt & gravel 60%
- Unknown 4%
- Path types
- Trail 32%
- Track 29%
- Road 36%
- Off-network 3%
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Département du Doubs.
Getting there
Start: Office de Tourisme, place du village, Saint-Hippolyte, Saint-Hippolyte (25).
Sources
- Track: Département du Doubs (explore.doubs.fr), ODbL, ODbL 1.0 (explore.doubs.fr/trek/143-Grotte-du-Bisontin). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 2 h 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: 387 m, Département du Doubs
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