La Roche au Dade

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Morez  - Haut Jura - France

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Characteristics
Wooden bridge and monkey bridges

ViaFerrata.Org's advice
Visit the Glasses Museum (part of the French Museum) in Morez

Quotation:
Physically
Part A: 2
Part B: 3
Giddy
2
Type
Plain: 1
Technique
2


Explication quotation:

Physically 1. Beginner or kids
2. need a previous experience in a via
3. request physical strength with at least one tricky passage
4. physical, strong, need a
top physical condition
Giddy 1. zip
2. ok
3. with deep views
4. maximum giddiness
Type:
Plain / Mountain
1. fully equipped
2. some contacts with the rocks
3.
few gears
Technique 1. standard, no problem
2. with bridge or ladder
3. need good knowledge of the use of the gears
4. advanced manipulation of gears (tyrolienne or other)

Information:
Tourism Office of Morez
Phone: 03 84 33 08 73. Outside of France: ++33 3 84 33 08 73

Dimension:
Length: 400 m.
Elevation : 216 m
Start : 702 m
Finish : 918 m
Orientation: Sud-East
GPS at the start:

Period:
15 May - 15 November

Construction
Open on July 9 2005
Built by: Bondier/Hudry, les Ménuires

Timing:
Approach from the parking: 5 min
Via Ferrata:  1h30
Back to the parking lot: 15 min

By car :
From Paris, France
470 km (415 km highway)
A6 : Paris / Beaune
A36 and A39 : Beaune / Poligny (exit Bersaillin)
RN5 : Poligny / Morez

From Lyon
170 km away (100 km highway)


A40 and A 404: Lyon / Oyonnax exit at Oyonnax
Oyonnax / Saint Claude / Morez

From Geneva
55 km
RN 5 to Dijon

By Plane
International Airport Geneva, Switzerland (55 km)
Phone 00 41 22 717 71 11
Lyon Airport, France (Saint Exupéry) :
Phone: 0033 4 72 22 72 21

 

By Train:
Contact the  S.N.C.F. 
for the schedule
Train station at Morez


Access: 
From the Jean Jaurès Plazza atMorez, follow the river towards Longchaumois, Saint Claude take on the left the CD69 path (towards Saint Claude),
400 m on the left, a sign shows you the start of the via.

Via Ferrata:
10 m after the start, you cross a bridge. This bridge brings you to a second wall and then a monkey bridge. A small climb and you are back to a walking portion.

You cross the "Faucon Pélerin" (sort of bird), then you have the pleasure to cross the last monkey bridge. Here you have a way out if you prefer to stop your climb.

Your last climb "La traversée des Chamois" brings you to the top named: "Le Belvedere de la Roche au Dade". Sounds like a 5 stars meals?

Way Down
A 15 min walking path brings you back to Morez.

 

Where to Sleep?
Near by: hotels, camping and B&B.

              
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