The big Cuchon/Rouanne circuit

in Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes
15.2 km
Loop
Walking/pedestrian
5h
Quite difficult

  • A large circuit taking you up to the magnificent panorama from the summit of Le Cuchon before a return down to Ancelle and, in complete contrast, the plain of La Chaup, a light-filled and strangely flat basin in the midst of steep mounts.

  • This trail leaves from the Libouze plateau, where there is already plenty to do, with picnic tables and a pond containing midwife toads and Alpine newts. At the summit of the Cuchon, an orientation table is a chance to revise the view: can you spot Le Vieux Chaillol or the Pic de Gleize?
  • Departure
    Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes
  • Difference in height
    709.966 m
  • Departure : Libouse Plateau, Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes.
    Road access : From the RN 85, take the D14, then the D 944 towards Pont du Fossé/Orcières. At Chabottes Haute Plaine, follow the D113 to St Léger-les-Mélèzes..
  • Documentation
    GPX / KML files allow you to export the trail of your hike to your GPS (or other navigation tool)
710 meters of difference in height
  • Maximum altitude : 1948 m
  • Minimum altitude : 1348 m
  • Total positive elevation : 710 m
  • Total negative elevation : -710 m
  • Max positive elevation : 216 m
  • Min positive elevation : -433 m