Fer à Cheval Viewpoint – Panorama sur les Planches loop from La Châtelaine

Hiking trails & Routes

France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Lons-Le-Saunier

La Châtelaine

Fer à Cheval Viewpoint – Panorama sur les Planches loop from La Châtelaine

Easy

4.7

(23)

hikers

Fer à Cheval Viewpoint – Panorama sur les Planches loop from La Châtelaine

01:11

3.92km

120m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 15, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

139 m

Fer à Cheval Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

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 …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

242 m

Hollow way

Highlight • Other

Steep hiking trail through impressive rocky landscape.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

1.26 km

Panorama sur les Planches

Highlight • Other

Rock formations with a summit cross and viewing point at the edge of the castle ruins.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

2.04 km

Ruins of the La Châtelaine castle complex

Highlight • Castle

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 …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

2.31 km

Belvédère de la Châtelaine

Highlight • Viewpoint

Wonderful viewpoint "Le Belvédère de la Châtelaine", which can be reached via a branch path, with views of the Cuisance valley and Ambois.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

3.22 km

La roche aux crocs

Highlight • Other

Wonderful views of the valley, including several striking rock formations and Arbois. There's also a summit cross at the highest point.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

3.92 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.68 km

1.10 km

122 m

Surfaces

2.75 km

867 m

287 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (480 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

12°C

5°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

April 15, 2025,Frankreich: La Châtelaine

The afternoon continued with impressive scenery on the third tour of the day, around the Arbois Valley.

Here, too, the valley is repeatedly framed by impressive rock faces, but this time I view it all from above.

The route continues along narrow paths, over forest floor and rocky terrain, to magnificent viewpoints and to the ruins of the former Chateau …

Showing Translation

October 14, 2023,23_10_14 🇫🇷 Belvedere, Chateleine

Tonight it started to rain and since we have to replenish our supplies again we drive to Champagnole. On the way stop and a short hike at Belvedere on the D469, actually a very nice loop with many viewpoints in the valley near Arbois. We were surprised by the remains of a medieval castle and settlement. If only we hadn't …

Showing Translation