Stage 9: Vue des Alpes – Noiraigue
Stage 9 in brief
Stage 9 of the Jura Crest Trail covers 22.2 km from Les Hauts-Geneveys to Noiraigue, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
It climbs 860 m and descends 1,400 m, topping out at 1,434 m near Mont Racine; it starts at 1,283 m and ends at 730 m.
The official walking time is 6 h 45 min.
On the SAC hiking scale it is graded T1 (hiking). In terms of effort it counts as demanding.
80% of the way is on natural paths, 0% on gravel and 20% on tarmac; 60% of it runs through forest.
The best months are April, June and September, judged by temperature and rain at the highest point.
At the high point the warmest month, July, averages 18° by day.
A bus stop or station lies within 800 m of the start or the finish. There is a car park near the start.
This is one of the route's official stages.
Facts
- Distance
- 22.2 km
- Ascent / descent
- 860 m / 1,400 m
- Highest / lowest point
- 1,434 m / 730 m
- Walking time
- 6 h 45 min
- Grade
- T1 · hiking
- Effort
- demanding
- Steepest kilometre
- 20 %
- In forest
- 60 %
- Best months
- Apr · Jun · Sep
- Start
- Les Hauts-Geneveys
- Finish
- Noiraigue
- Network
- National route · 5
- Stages
- 9 / 16
The line on the ground
Elevation profile
Height every 20 mThe year month by month
- Janunsuitable
- Febunsuitable
- Marpossible
- Aprgood
- Maygood, wetter
- Jungood
- Julgood, wetter
- Auggood, wetter
- Sepgood
- Octgood, wetter
- Novpossible
- Decunsuitable
Climate at the high point (1,434 m)
Averages 1981–2010 adjusted to the height with 6.5 °C per km; daylight at the start| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 1° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 18° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 5° | 2° |
| Average low | -6° | -6° | -3° | 0° | 4° | 7° | 9° | 9° | 6° | 3° | -2° | -4° |
| Precipitation | 139 mm | 120 mm | 136 mm | 122 mm | 164 mm | 146 mm | 151 mm | 154 mm | 146 mm | 155 mm | 139 mm | 165 mm |
| Daylight | 8 h 55 min | 10 h 18 min | 11 h 51 min | 13 h 35 min | 15 h 03 min | 15 h 53 min | 15 h 33 min | 14 h 16 min | 12 h 36 min | 10 h 57 min | 9 h 23 min | 8 h 32 min |
This week on the route
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Kilometre by kilometre
| km | What | Name | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | Pass | Vue des Alpes | 1,283 m |
| 0.0 | Viewpoint | Vue-des-Alpes | – |
| 0.0 | Shelter | – | – |
| 0.1 | Town or village | Cernier · 2.7 km off the route | 825 m |
| 0.8 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 1.6 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 1.8 | Mountain hut | Chalet du ski-club de Neuchâtel | – |
| 2.1 | Town or village | Les Hauts-Geneveys · 1.4 km off the route | 982 m |
| 2.9 | Summit | Tête de Ran | 1,422 m |
| 3.5 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 4.4 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 7.5 | Viewpoint | – | – |
| 7.6 | Summit | Mont Racine | 1,439 m |
| 12.8 | Shelter | – | – |
| 14.1 | Town or village | Rochefort · 1.3 km off the route | 769 m |
| 14.1 | Viewpoint | Les Tablettes | – |
| 14.5 | Viewpoint | – | – |
| 14.5 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 14.6 | Summit | Tablettes | 1,290 m |
| 19.3 | Shelter | – | – |
| 19.4 | Viewpoint | – | – |
| 21.9 | Town or village | Noiraigue | 727 m |
Surface, shade and gradients
Seen along the route
Start, stops and airports
- Start
- 47.07255° N, 6.87044° E · 1,283 m
- Finish
- 46.95506° N, 6.72247° E · 730 m
- Car park at the start
- La Vue des Alpes · 31 m
- Stop at the start
- Vue-des-Alpes · Bus stop · 62 m
- Stop at the finish
- Noiraigue · Railway station · 51 m
- Nearest airport
- Bern Airport (BRN) · 50.8 km
- Nearest airport
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) · 76.7 km
Conditions change: check the official sources, the signposts and the weather before you set off. Walking times follow DIN 33466 and do not include breaks. Route data as of 2026-10-16. Report an error