Les Granges Dessus
Key facts
- Distance
- 8.9 km
- Ascent
- +198 m
- Descent
- −153 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 20
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 2 h
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 8.9 km under 10%. Elevation from 848 m to 1,002 m over 8.9 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 30%
- Dirt & gravel 67%
- Unknown 3%
- Path types
- Trail 19%
- Track 68%
- Road 10%
- Off-network 3%
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Département du Doubs.
Getting there
Start: Chapelle de l'Espérance, Pontarlier, Pontarlier (25).
Sources
- Track: Département du Doubs (explore.doubs.fr), ODbL, ODbL 1.0 (explore.doubs.fr/trek/939-Les-Granges-Dessus). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 2 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: 198 m, Département du Doubs
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