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La source du Doubs

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La source du Doubs

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Please check local regulations for: Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura

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    1. The source of the Doubs — loop in the Haut-Jura Regional Natural Park

    4.30km

    01:14

    90m

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    Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    September 6, 2025

    The source of the Doubs River is a powerful karst spring in a heavily karstified area of the Jura Mountains. It lies at an altitude of 937 meters at the foot of the forested, up to 1,419-meter-high Mont Risoux mountain range, which straddles the border between France and Switzerland. The Doubs River rises from a small, approximately five-meter-deep spring basin in a cave in the rock.

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      September 5, 2022

      The source of the Doubs is actually an underground outflow of the Swiss Lac du Joux, located beyond the ridge. On its way in the mountain, the water flows through a deep siphon, i.e. a deeper cavity, before it rises again and emerges here as a small river. All around, too, the water gushes out of the slope, trickles out of the ground, a real kingdom of water.

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        September 15, 2019

        Only a few steps up the slope you are already at the source.

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          Location: Mouthe, Pontarlier, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

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