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Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Grenoble
Saint-Christophe-Sur-Guiers

Ruchère Pass – Petit Som loop from Cœur de Chartreuse

Hard

4.8

(41)

302

hikers

Ruchère Pass – Petit Som loop from Cœur de Chartreuse

03:23

8.22km

590m

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: August 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 3.28 km for 32 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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1

2.23 km

Ruchère Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Also worth the climb if you do not continue to the Petit Som or the Grand Som. The view down the valley of Saint-Bruno, with the Charmant Som at the opposite side is pretty good.

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2

2.72 km

GRP Tour de Chartreuse Rest Point

Highlight • Rest Area

3

3.25 km

Pas du Loup

Highlight (Segment) • Other

4

3.94 km

Col de Léchaud (1,704 m)

Highlight • Other

5

4.26 km

Petit Som

Highlight • Summit

Magnificent summit above the Col de la Ruchère, offering you one of the most beautiful panoramas of the Chartreuse.

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6

4.55 km

Meeting a Patou puppy

Highlight (Segment) • Other

Enjoy it because it will grow quickly

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8.22 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.22 km

2.19 km

1.73 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.95 km

2.19 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Monday 12 October

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Comments

November 13, 2023,Pt Som par la Ruchère-le Cleyat pour chercher le compteur de mon VTTae
to go and find!!! my VTTae computer lost on 08/11, 5 days before at Pt Som (circuit: komoot.com/fr-fr/tour/1373851077)!!! Couldn't go there before because it snowed in the meantime, I had to wait for the snow to melt to hope to find it!!! and big stroke of luck, I came across it in the middle of a muddy path at the …

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