Map generated by Explore Doubs.
The Doubs Horloger Regional Natural Park is part of the official FFC Mountain Bike Sites network, a label from the French Cycling Federation guaranteeing an offer of marked, maintained mountain bike trails adapted to all levels of practice.
Doubs Horloger Regional Natural Park, FFC-certified mountain biking site
To make sure you don't miss any mountain biking routes in the area, you can find all the mountain biking circuits on the Val de Morteau, from Russey and Maîche. These maps are available for download or in printed form at our offices.
⚠️ The mountain bike trail “Tour of the Valley of Morteau”, No. 20 is diverted at the level of the Little Gardot. Beware of patou protection dogs, take the diversion set up on the Swiss side, by the Cerneux Pequignot.
⚠️The trail GTJ mountain bike route between Saint-Hippolyte and Montandon is closed due to logging. Detour via the cycle route.
Plan your own cycling route according to your wishes, without constraints and in complete simplicity! A system of marking and numbering intersections allows you to create your own route.
In Doubs, several areas are already equipped with this signage. ⚠️Deployment is underway on the Pays Horloger.
At each intersection, a numbered sign on a green background, this clear signage indicates your position and the direction of the surrounding Node Points.
Thanks to the detailed maps or the interactive map, you can organize your bike ride taking into account the distance, your physical condition, the sites to visit, etc.
1. Consult the map
Visit the Doubs travel website to view the interactive map
or consult the paper map, soon available in our offices.
2. Create your itinerary
Create the route of your choice based on the network.
3. Take your itinerary with you
Write down the sequence of numbers for your route and take it with you.
The electric bike has something to please! It must be said that it proves to be very useful in our regions… Bicycle, mountain bike, with or without assistance, you will find here the addresses to rent the bike that you need and set off on the roads and trails of the Pays Horloger !
Get started, start, progress, and discover. Be guided by experts who will be sure to share their passion for cycling and for our beautiful region, which they know every nook and cranny of.
©Laurent ChevietThe GTJ (for those in the know) offers a mountain bike route and a cycling route. Both promise beautiful passages in Pays Horloger, with in this northern part of the Great Crossing of the Jura rather technical passages for mountain biking and very hilly for cycling.
©Doubs Tourism Laurent ChevietA wonderful 384 km cyclosportive adventure to explore the Doubs!
This adventure is one of the most beautiful tours in France, escaping along three remarkable routes: the GTJ (Grande Traversée du Jura), the P'tite GTJ and the EuroVelo 6.
Loop tour: start from any location.
©Laurent ChevietA 7-stage loop, starting from Morteau or Saint-Ursanne (in Switzerland). Join the game and track down clues to dismantle a smuggling organization. During your cross-border patrol around the Doubs, you'll pass through several historic towns like La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle and discover numerous panoramic viewpoints of the surrounding mountain landscapes. More info here.
A beautiful coated surface with bosses et banked turns available in 3 courses so that novices like accustomed have fun and enjoy themselves. Free and open access to equipment.
Nice and cool, in the heart of the Rachottes forest, 3 learning workshops allow you to get used to negotiating tight bends, descending steep slopes and taking a small, fun cross-country discovery course. Free access.
With the ski lift equipped with the easyloop system, go back up the track on your mountain bike to then choose a downhill enduro depending on your level. The more daring can choose the springboard to land, after a stylish trick, on the airbag.
While hiking in Pays Horloger, you are hiking in the Doubs Horloger Regional Natural Park. If to date, The Doubs Horloger Natural Park does not impose any additional restrictions on the practice of bivouacking and wild camping., you must however comply with the current regulations. “Camping is freely practiced, outside the reach of roads and public highways, […] with the agreement of the person who has the use of the land, subject, where applicable, to the opposition of the owner.”
The essential rules concern the respect for nature, safety and waste management.
“The Stop”, break and rest in Montagnes du JuraFor optimal comfort, a fully equipped bivouac area (bivouac platform, refuge cabin and dry toilets) is located in Les Seignes, in the commune of Les Gras.
Your accommodations are booked, now all that's left is to pedal! Let's go for a 384 km cyclosportive adventure that will take you along the GTJ, the Petite GTJ, and the Eurovélo 6.
Rates and validity period
A 6-day, 5-night stay from 550 € per person, marketed by Doubs Tourism.
From April 1st to October 31st.
This stay is offered to you by the Tourist Office in partnership with the Doubs Departmental Tourism Committee registered in the register of travel and stay operators IM025100001. The Tourist Office is an intermediary who will confirm the availability of the chosen package as soon as possible. The contract will be established by the travel operator, which is the Doubs Departmental Tourism Committee. We thank you for your trust and wish you in advance a pleasant stay in the heart of the Pays Horloger.
Everything you need to know about the Grand Tour du Doubs by bike trip
Things are falling into place in Pays HorlogerIn the Valley of Morteau : an electric mountain bike trail is now marked in the Gey woods starting from the campsite of Morteau, this is circuit no. 15, (with specific FFC signage for electric mountain bikes).
Accessible to beginners (there is just a small descent with stones).
