La Combe du Creux
Key facts
- Distance
- 9.0 km
- Ascent
- +272 m
- Descent
- −232 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 30
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 2 h 30 min
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 7.5 km under 10% and 1.6 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 888 m to 1,079 m over 9.0 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 17%
- Dirt & gravel 83%
- Path types
- Trail 5%
- Track 91%
- Road 4%
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Département du Doubs.
Getting there
Start: Arboretum de Pontarlier, Pontarlier (25).
Sources
- Track: Département du Doubs (explore.doubs.fr), ODbL, ODbL 1.0 (explore.doubs.fr/trek/936-La-Combe-du-Creux). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 2 h 30 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: 272 m, Département du Doubs
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