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France
Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Grenoble
Saint-Christophe-Sur-Guiers

Ruchère Pass – Petit Som loop from Cœur de Chartreuse

Hard

4.8

(36)

279

hikers

Ruchère Pass – Petit Som loop from Cœur de Chartreuse

03:22

8.16km

590m

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: June 17, 2026

Tips

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 3.28 km for 32 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

2.23 km

Ruchère Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Also worth the climb if you do not continue to the Petit Som or the Grand Som. The view down the valley of Saint-Bruno, with the Charmant Som at the opposite side is pretty good.

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2

2.72 km

GRP Tour de Chartreuse Rest Point

Highlight • Rest Area

3

3.25 km

Pas du Loup

Highlight (Segment) • Other

4

4.19 km

Petit Som

Highlight • Summit

Magnificent summit above the Col de la Ruchère, offering you one of the most beautiful panoramas of the Chartreuse.

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5

4.49 km

Meeting a Patou puppy

Highlight (Segment) • Other

Enjoy it because it will grow quickly

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8.16 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.22 km

2.13 km

1.73 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.95 km

2.13 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Friday 10 July

34°C

20°C

49 %

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Comments

November 13, 2023,Pt Som par la Ruchère-le Cleyat pour chercher le compteur de mon VTTae
to go and find!!! my VTTae computer lost on 08/11, 5 days before at Pt Som (circuit: komoot.com/fr-fr/tour/1373851077)!!! Couldn't go there before because it snowed in the meantime, I had to wait for the snow to melt to hope to find it!!! and big stroke of luck, I came across it in the middle of a muddy path at the …

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