Hike /Schweiz Mobil
Parcours de Saignelégier
Saignelégier
- Distance
- 11.0 km
- Duration
- 2:35 h
- Ascent
- 170 m
- Descent
- 170 m
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Fitness
- Easy
- Route type
- Loop
01/ Overview
The route
This rewarding tour leads through the home country of the Freiberger horses, to the small Jurassic town of Saignelégier. Here you can enjoy wide views over the extensive Jura pastures as well as the Franches-Montagnes district.
The eleven-kilometre circuit begins at Saignelégier railway station in the heart of the village. Near the church, the route leaves the settlement behind, and open meadows and pastures soon dominate the landscape. The ascent remains gentle. After around three kilometres, the route reaches its highest point at just over 1,000 m. A longer section here runs outside the marked hiking trail network before rejoining a yellow-marked hiking trail at Les Cerlatez.
The landscape remains open and only sparsely settled. The route continues through gently undulating terrain between pastures and small clusters of houses. Les Emibois is a good place for a short break; Au Pain d’Antan lies directly on the route. Another unmarked section follows before the hiking trail completes the wide loop back to Saignelégier. Towards the end, the route climbs gently and returns to the railway station after a little over two and a half hours.
02/ Along the route
What's along the way
Where the route climbs and where it descends. Hover the profile to find the spot on the map.
03/ Conditions
Current conditions
What to know before you set off. Closures and snow are re-checked every day.
How we check: Every night we match the route against the official closures and detours from the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO). Any reported closure that touches the route shows up here.
How we check: SLF only publishes its snow maps from November 1. Until then we roughly estimate the snow depth at the lowest and the highest point of the route every day from the nearest SLF measuring stations. Check the situation on site.
04/ Getting there
Getting there
From your door to the trailhead and home again, by train and bus or by car. Computed live from the timetable.
Or from
Outbound
Return
05/ Weather
Weather on the way
Forecast for the lowest and the highest point of the route.
Weather
06/ Trail & landscape
Trail & landscape
Which paths you walk on and the landscape they lead through.
Larches count as conifer forest here.
07/ Snow
Snow on the route
Snow depths, new snow and forecast. Estimates: check the situation on site before you set off.
Snow Info
08/ Export
Take the route with you
Load the track onto your GPS device, print a route sheet for the trail or send the route to your hiking group.
Share
Send the link to friends or your hiking group.
Export GPX File
For hiking apps, GPS watches and navigation devices.
Print Route Sheet
A4 with map, elevation profile, waypoints and emergency numbers.
