Sentier Montagnard du Grand Taureau
Key facts
- Distance
- 17.3 km
- Ascent
- +561 m
- Descent
- −514 m
- Estimated time
- 4 hr 55
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 4 h 30 min
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 14.7 km under 10% and 2.6 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 888 m to 1,309 m over 17.3 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 4%
- Dirt & gravel 96%
- Path types
- Trail 24%
- Track 73%
- Road 2%
- Off-network 1%
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Département du Doubs.
Getting there
Start: Parking de l'arboretum, Pontarlier, Pontarlier (25).
Sources
- Track: Département du Doubs (explore.doubs.fr), ODbL, ODbL 1.0 (explore.doubs.fr/trek/927-Sentier-Montagnard-du-Grand-Taureau). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 4 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: 561 m, Département du Doubs
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