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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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Ouhans

Source de la Loue – Gorges de Noailles loop from Ouhans

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France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Pontarlier

Ouhans

Source de la Loue – Gorges de Noailles loop from Ouhans

Moderate

4.4

(14)

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Source de la Loue – Gorges de Noailles loop from Ouhans

03:13

9.14km

410m

Hiking

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

Last updated: June 17, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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38 m

Source of the Loue

Highlight • River

The Loue is largely a vast underground river and its source a resurgence that emerges from the immense underground network of the Jura limestone plateau.

The place, located in a canyon is spectacular and deserves a stop. If you want to escape the summer heat, this is the place.

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712 m

Source de la Loue

Highlight • Cave

At the source of the Loue, you are faced with a steep rock wall 150 meters high, which forms a spectacular cirque. It is from this monument that the Loue springs.
The site is easily accessible and is via marked GR trails.

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823 m

Source of the Loue and the Old Mill

Highlight • Natural Monument

You can still see some old and newer buildings at the source of the Loue, as well as bridges and walls that probably belonged to the former mills here.

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1.01 km

Gorges de Noailles

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

The Gorges de Noailles take you up the Loue to its source. At the end of the trail, a vertiginous cave awaits you. She opens her mouth wide to let out the waters of the Loue, which tumble down the rocks in stairs.

Before getting there you will pass by the Grand Saut, the largest slope of the Loue and meander between the trees, in a dense wood. Only the emerald shards of the river pierce between the trees.

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4.02 km

Karst River and Hydroelectric Plant

Highlight (Segment) • Monument

6.20 km

Renédale Viewpoint

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Renédale belvedere offers you the opposite viewpoint to that of La Roche (if you come from Mouthier-Haute-Pierre). Still spectacular.
And as a bonus, from this side you have a magical view of the Cirque de la Source de la Loue. It's dizzying.

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9.14 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.10 km

1.12 km

798 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.80 km

1.21 km

672 m

187 m

117 m

113 m

Elevation

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Highest point (750 m)

Lowest point (410 m)

Weather

Wednesday 8 July

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Source de la Loue – Gorges de Noailles loop from Ouhans

Source of the Loue

Source de la Loue

Source of the Loue and the Old Mill

Gorges de Noailles

Karst River and Hydroelectric Plant

Renédale Viewpoint

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