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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Lons-Le-Saunier
Les Planches-Près-Arbois

Petite source de la Cuisance – Fer à Cheval Viewpoint loop from Les Planches-près-Arbois

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France
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Lons-Le-Saunier
Les Planches-Près-Arbois

Petite source de la Cuisance – Fer à Cheval Viewpoint loop from Les Planches-près-Arbois

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4.7

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194

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Petite source de la Cuisance – Fer à Cheval Viewpoint loop from Les Planches-près-Arbois

03:57

12.9km

420m

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 15, 2026

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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 1.26 km for 346 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

1.14 km

Beautiful view

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2

1.20 km

Small sintered turf

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Beautiful spot in the source area of the Cuisance, where several small sinter lawns have already formed.

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3

1.43 km

Wild passage

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difficult terrain to reach the source and crossing

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4

1.48 km

Transition on a weir

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5

1.49 km

Petite source de la Cuisance

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Source of the Cuissance River with a dam. The amount of water flowing from the source is impressive, so much so that smaller waterfalls have formed immediately afterward.

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6

4.37 km

Beautiful view

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7

4.47 km

Fer à Cheval Viewpoint

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This belvedere is equipped with a small platform and barriers, thus offering hikers a prime perch to admire the Arbois valley and its cliffs from the bottom of the Cirque du Fer à Cheval.

It overlooks a sheer drop of around 500 meters, thus allowing an opening onto a unique panorama.

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6.93 km

The Château de La Châtelaine is an 11th-century fortified castle, the remains of which stand in the municipality of La Châtelaine. Built on a rocky plateau framed by two inlets of the Planches Valley, it overlooks the large source of the Cuisance River. It towers 200 meters above the municipality of Planches-près-Arbois.

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12.9 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.99 km

3.29 km

1.51 km

1.19 km

609 m

308 m

Surfaces

6.02 km

2.29 km

2.14 km

1.43 km

1.01 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (320 m)

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