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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Besançon
Mouthier-Haute-Pierre

Source du Pontet – Source de la Loue loop from Mouthier-Haute-Pierre

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France
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Besançon
Mouthier-Haute-Pierre

Source du Pontet – Source de la Loue loop from Mouthier-Haute-Pierre

Hard

4.4

(22)

95

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Source du Pontet – Source de la Loue loop from Mouthier-Haute-Pierre

03:46

10.8km

470m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 26, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 520 m for 69 m

After 10.3 km for 49 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

454 m

Cave of the Counterfeiters

Highlight • Cave

A must in the loop of the rent. Accessible to everyone as long as you don't feel dizzy. For the more experienced, it is possible to take the chimney to go to the upper plateau, attention expert level.

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529 m

Source du Pontet

Highlight • Cave

This source is one of the most curious in the Loue valley. Emanating from a deep cave (and accessible on foot) the waterfall expels its waters with a rather impressive …

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3

2.63 km

Renédale Viewpoint

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Renédale belvedere offers you the opposite viewpoint to that of La Roche (if you come from Mouthier-Haute-Pierre). Still spectacular.
And as a bonus, from this side you have a …

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4

5.53 km

Source of the Loue

Highlight • River

The Loue is largely a vast underground river and its source a resurgence that emerges from the immense underground network of the Jura limestone plateau.

The place, located in a …

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5

6.21 km

Source de la Loue

Highlight • Cave

At the source of the Loue, you are faced with a steep rock wall 150 meters high, which forms a spectacular cirque. It is from this monument that the Loue …

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6

6.32 km

Source of the Loue and the Old Mill

Highlight • Natural Monument

You can still see some old and newer buildings at the source of the Loue, as well as bridges and walls that probably belonged to the former mills here.

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7

6.51 km

Gorges de Noailles

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

The Gorges de Noailles take you up the Loue to its source. At the end of the trail, a vertiginous cave awaits you. She opens her mouth wide to let …

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8

9.52 km

Karst River and Hydroelectric Plant

Highlight (Segment) • Monument

B

10.8 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.27 km

1.36 km

1.02 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.85 km

2.76 km

721 m

211 m

145 m

113 m

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Highest point (750 m)

Lowest point (410 m)

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Saturday 9 May

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9°C

89 %

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