Cirque de Consolation
Cirque de Consolation
1.4km
Total Distance
105m
Elevation Gain
Trail description
A 1.4 km walk with about 100 m of climbing from the old seminary of Consolation-Maisonnettes into the Cirque de Consolation, near the source of the Dessoubre. The cirque is a reculée of the Jura, cut into the Maîche plateau near the Swiss border. It lies in the Doubs Horloger regional natural park.
Route Map
Along the trail
- 1Drinking waterat the start
- 2Belvédère Sainte-Catherineat the start · Viewpoint
- 3Abri Notre-Dameat the start · Shelter
- 4Source du Dessoubre · 0.5kmSpring · springs can run dry
- 5Viewpoint · 0.5km
- Parking
- 113m from the start
- Surface
- paved 86%, natural ground 14%
- Marked route
- Sentier de Sainte-Catherine