Les Rives et le Château
Key facts
- Distance
- 7.6 km
- Ascent
- +322 m
- Descent
- −297 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 20
- hiking
- 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: 4.8 km under 10%, 2.7 km at 10 to 20% and 0.2 km over 20%. Elevation from 246 m to 499 m over 7.6 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 61%
- Dirt & gravel 39%
- Path types
- Trail 35%
- Track 16%
- Road 49%
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Département du Doubs.
Getting there
Start: Salle d'accueil de Montfaucon, Montfaucon (25).
Sources
- Track: Département du Doubs (explore.doubs.fr), ODbL, ODbL 1.0 (explore.doubs.fr/trek/991-Les-Rives-et-le-Chateau). 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: 322 m, Département du Doubs
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