View from Tiocan – Le Reculet Summit loop from Thoiry

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View from Tiocan – Le Reculet Summit loop from Thoiry

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View from Tiocan – Le Reculet Summit loop from Thoiry

05:35

11.4km

1,110m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 17, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.54 km

Actually more of a hotspot for hikers to climb to the Reculet or Cret de la Neige, but the Tiocan can also be easily reached from Thoiry by road bike. You can also use the forest roads coming from Gex or Farges; for this, however, wider tires are preferable.

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1.68 km

View from Tiocan

Highlight • Viewpoint

To start a hike to the Croix du Reculet

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2.97 km

La Croisée Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

left to go up as is harder but I prefer it to go up and then down via the other side with nicer views.

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3.58 km

Nardérans Chalet

Highlight • Summit

This is a chalet in the jura, with bbq and great views over the Geneva lake. You can see the jet d'eau from here.
The croix du reculet is 1 hour away.
There is a little annex with a rudimentary WC.

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5.26 km

Le Reculet Summit

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The Reculet is at 1717 m, the second highest peak in the entire Jura. It belongs to the Haute Chaîne, the easternmost and highest chain of the French Jura, and is located in the Pays de Gex (Ain), about 18 kilometers west-northwest of the city of Geneva. The mountain name has the meaning of secluded, remote place.

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7.00 km

Ruins

11.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.17 km

3.78 km

2.77 km

522 m

110 m

Surfaces

6.30 km

3.12 km

1.30 km

632 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 7 October

15°C

10°C

99 %

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Comments

December 24, 2022,Le Reculet depuis Thoiry

Very nice memory that this express hike between two showers, just in time to watch the sunset from the summit.
Back in the dark, headlamp.

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July 16, 2021,Le Reculet

The classic ascent of the Reculet, by Narderans on the outward journey and by Thoiry Devant on the return.
Unfortunately cloudy and rainy sky all day with some clearings from time to time.

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September 11, 2021,Le Reculet depuis le Tiocan

Constant hike at the degree of incline of the slope from start to finish it's moderately steep with a little plateau in the middle.
No difficulty apart from this point.
Good workout for the legs!

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November 1, 2023,Thoiry - Reculet - Cret de la Neige

Beautiful hike from the foot of the Jura to its summit, with magnificent autumn colors and beautiful cloudy skies.
Carried out on the day of storm Ciaran, therefore with gusts greater than 100 kmh on the ridge. Hat's Off !
A few hours later all these landscapes had become completely white.
Trace without too many steep passages, but the distance …

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