On foot, by bike, roaming
Le Upper Jura : A hiking paradise. Low altitude walks, walks around the lakes, multi-hour hikes : the Haut-Jura Regional Natural Park opens its doors to you.
The hiking trails du Grandvaux are spread throughout the territory and will help you discover lookouts, lakes and waterfalls, in preserved nature where fauna and flora still have their place.
Don't be surprised if at the bend of a path you see a deer, a chamois... or flowers in the most unexpected colors and shapes.
On a 1/30th map background, all the marked trails are listed, with the names of the intersection posts and the mileages between each intersection.
Around the map, discover each side around twenty of marked routes to let you be guided: starting point, altitude difference, distance, route, starting town, parking, point-by-point itinerary and additional information on the heritage to discover. To order it, it's here !
The websites and apps Haut Jura Rando & Jura Outdoor offer you to consult and download hiking routes in Jura & Haut-Jura, for educational and safe walks and hikes.
The Grandvaux plateau offers experienced mountain bikers ou lovers of MTB loops friendly between valleys and forests.
3 mountain bike starting points are located on our territory:
Lac-des-Rouges-Truites for routes 67 and 68
Nanchez for routes 80 to 87
Saint-Laurent in Grandvaux for route 98.
Cycle tourism is not left out!
A “cyclotourism and greenways” map published by the Departmental Council, presents to you on a 1/100 map background the 000 marked loops on the Jura, with their typology around the edge of the map: difficulty, elevation, distance, etc.
To order it, it's here or at the tourist office (retail price: €6).
To link sport and heritage discovery, don’t miss the loops Jurassic Bike Tours !
Designed to be accessible to everyone and even the youngest, these routes will guide you through the lakes, rivers, waterfalls and peat bogs of our beautiful Haut-Jura.
From 5 to 60 km, the routes connect the most beautiful sites of the Massif: download the GPX tracks and circuit sheets on the platform Haut Jura Rando.
Some areas are precious refuges for the local fauna, and are the subject of a reglementation particular. For example the forest massif between Bellefontaine and Bois d'Amont, as well as that between Prémanon and Lamoura. Watch these two short videos to better locate them and prepare your hike in these areas.
Our walking routes
Our mountain bike / mountain bike routes
Our VTC / VTCAE itineraries
Roaming over several days
Le Grandvaux and Haut-Jura Regional Natural Park invite you to itinerant hike over several days.
Several itineraries Great hike (GR®) and Great Country Hike (GRP®) are ideal for discovering our territories.
Le Zed Jurassien tempt you? This 136 km route invites you to discover numerous small natural areas between Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux and Mouchard. And you can take advantage of the train to complete your journey.
The Great Crossings of the Jura, you know ? Several routes, depending on practices - from Nordic skiing au Moutain Bike through the horseback riding or road bike - will make you travel across the entire Jura massif.
Le cycle route in particular (378 km in total) crosses the Grandvaux.
And the equestrian course (500 km in total) passes on one of our remarkable natural sites : the Abbey Lake.