The Cairns Trail

Cairn trail in Chaux-du-Dombief:

Walking path through the Jura pastoral landscape with superb viewpoints throughout the route, the trail is entirely marked by more than 100 cairns built along the path.

It follows old cattle passages which grazed the few small spaces among the rocky landscape which borders the Chaux upstream of the village.

A first place allows a moment of relaxation under a "task" of "foyers", the path then leads to a first belvedere decorated with a bench for rest and contemplation, then a second, more widely open onto a exceptional panorama  (with a small platform and a solid wood bench).

Contemplate the chain of Jura Mountains from Mont Rond to the end of the Grand Crêt d’Eau with Crêt de la Neige, the highest point of the Jura massif and the Chalam crest in the background.

Then the massifs of Dôle, Noirmont, Risoux, Risol reveal the Alps and Mont Blanc. Then the view is over Chatelblanc, Mont Suchet in Switzerland, Mont Dore in Métabief and further north, the Chalesmes gap. The imposing Bec de l'Aigle massif appears just opposite with Lake Ilay and the village of Frasnois below. In the distance, Mont Rivel (Champagnole), the very recent Chamolle wind turbines, the Heute coast…