Jura Crest Trail, Stage 11/16

National route No. 5, Stage 11: Les Rochats – Ste-Croix

Description

National route: No. 5 (Dielsdorf – Nyon)
Length: 18 km
Ascent • Descent: ↑ 780 m • ↓ 880 m
Lowest point • Highest point: 1068 m • 1605 m
Hiking time: 5 h 25 min
Grade: easy
Fitness level: difficult

National route No. 5: Jura Crest Trail: Stages; 0. Frinvillier – Chasseral; 0. Brugg AG – Staffelegg; 0. Vue des Alpes – Noiraigue; 0. Noiraigue – Les Rochats; 0. St-Cergue – Nyon; 0. Balsthal – Weissenstein; 0. Ballaigues – Le Pont; 0. Dielsdorf – Brugg; 0. Staffelegg – Hauenstein; 0. Ste-Croix – Ballaigues; 0. Chasseral – Vue des Alpes; 0. Hauenstein – Balsthal; 0. Col du Marchairuz – St-Cergue; 0. Les Rochats – Ste-Croix; 0. Le Pont – Col du Marchairuz; 0. Weissenstein – Frinvillier

Hiking up from Les Rochats to the Chasseron, look down over Lake Neuchâtel and, further south, Lake Geneva. More than 250 km of high mountain peaks can be seen on the horizon. Cross expansive pasturelands to reach the hometown of music boxes and nickelodeons.

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