Belvedere du Cret d'Eau  

bikeHike to Top Once Road Ends
17.3 kms; 1,050 metres ascent:  Start: Bellegarde
 Last Climbed: October 2006

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Cret d'Eau: When Road Ends you can hike higher .
The Cret d’Eau is one of the highest peaks in the Jura Mountains, about 50 metres lower than the highest - the neighbouring Cret de Neige, and we can see it from our driveway. It’s about 20 kms away as the crow flies. From Bellegarde there is a super route on mainly wide, deserted roads up to just under 1,400 metres, 250 metres or so lower than the peak. If it wasn’t so cold up high I might have hiked up further once the road ended - next year maybe.

The last 4 kilometres is on a tiny — badly paved but scenic road. At one point, I took a wrong turn and found myself part way up a ski slope of the tiny Menthieres Ski Station.

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