Les trois villages (Saules)
Key facts
- Distance
- 17.7 km
- Ascent
- +449 m
- Descent
- −362 m
- Estimated time
- 4 hr 45
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 6 h 30 min
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 16.0 km under 10% and 1.8 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 366 m to 591 m over 17.7 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 35%
- Dirt & gravel 59%
- Unknown 6%
- Path types
- Trail 22%
- Track 43%
- Road 28%
- Off-network 7%
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Département du Doubs.
Getting there
Start: Mairie de Saules / Mairie de Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré / Dino-zoo Charbonnières-les-Sapins, Saules (25).
Sources
- Track: Département du Doubs (explore.doubs.fr), ODbL, ODbL 1.0 (explore.doubs.fr/trek/1809-Les-trois-villages). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 6 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: 449 m, Département du Doubs
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