View of Lac de Charanche – Porte du Diable loop from Saint-Julien-en-Vercors

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View of Lac de Charanche – Porte du Diable loop from Saint-Julien-en-Vercors

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View of Lac de Charanche – Porte du Diable loop from Saint-Julien-en-Vercors

04:50

12.0km

650m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 14, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 8.73 km for 1.36 km

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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221 m

Porte des Ancêtres

Highlight • Monument

Work created in 2018 is one of the creations made on the path - a link - between the studio of the sculptor Jérôme Aussibal and the village of Saint-Julien-en-Vercors.

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4.16 km

Viewpoint

8.56 km

Moulin Marquis Spring

Highlight • Cave

The source of the Moulin Marquis is a few dozen meters from the first waterfalls and the atmosphere there is very pleasant.

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8.88 km

View over the Cirque du Bournillon and the Bourne Valley

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Be careful if you are traveling in a group on this narrow path. A bag crash can happen quickly, and the path is VERY CLOSE to the cliff.

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8.97 km

Causes aux Balcons sculptures

Highlight • Monument

Causes aux Balcons – a project to awaken a sensitive perception of the landscape, cultivate meeting spaces and enhance the Vercors territory through artistic creation.

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9.28 km

View of the Grotte de Bournillon

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The entrance to the cave is the largest in Europe

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9.32 km

Moulin-Marquis Waterfall and Bournillon Cave

Highlight • Waterfall

The Moulin-Marquis waterfall or Bournillon waterfall is a French waterfall about 400 meters high. It is located in Choranche in Isère, in the Bournillon cirque, downstream from the Bourne gorges.

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9.32 km

View of Lac de Charanche

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The alpine trail follows the edge of the cliff, and sometimes offers superb viewpoints

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9.87 km

Porte du Diable

Highlight • Natural Monument

Passage through the Devil's Gate is unavoidable. Certainly less technical going up than going down, the passage under the gate itself is quite steep. The approach walk, however, remains shaded …

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12.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.37 km

3.53 km

3.23 km

873 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.89 km

2.99 km

2.73 km

1.52 km

924 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,120 m)

Lowest point (680 m)

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Comments

June 3, 2025,Saint-julien-en-vercors du Moulin Marquis à la porte du Diable

A very pleasant walk offered by the Les Jonquilles de Claix club. The trail is dotted with sculptures to be discovered like a treasure hunt.
At the entrance to the cave, two horns. An ibex sleeping peacefully as we walked past.

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