108 CH-NE T3- Boudry Chemin des Crêtes Grande Ecoeurne Signal du Lessy Ferme Robert Saut du Brot Gorges de l'Areuse
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 17.09 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,144 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 4,144 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,549 ft
- TrailRank
- 32
- Min elevation
- 1,544 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 1561
- Uploaded
- July 31, 2023
- Recorded
- July 2023
near Chambrelien, Canton de Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
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Itinerary description
Date : 2023.06.11
Duration on paper : 08h29
Duration real with breaks : 09h11
Difficulty for me : T3-
Physical : very difficult
Technical : easy
Fear : null
Average Slope : +10.6% -9.8% (-13% max recommended)
Attendance ascent/summit/descent : null/low/high
Comment : TICKS EVERYWHERE !!! a beautiful region that would be perfect for hiking sadly....it's one of the worst area when it comes to ticks, as soon as you leave the most taken trails you'll be covered in them, I tought it was an exageration it's not...even grazing a small plant on the side has high chances of you getting one it took less than 15min for us to have one on the shoes, do not walk in high grass in those places : Forêt de Boudry Forêt de Cortaillod and Gorges de l'Areuse. Main trails wide enough that you do no make contact with the plants are ok, everything else is not, you will get ticks on you 100% there were a lot of people with dogs there..they must not know or understand, please do not bring your dogs there ! This is the reason of the major detour we took at the beginning, we chose to stay on a very very long road instead using the trails as planned, vegetation was too high and that meant ticks so a 22km ended up almost 28km not cool.
Forget the glitch at 22.5km that's when I tried to leave the main trail and we found the nest of ticks, if researchers need to collect them go there you'll get 10 on you in 2 minutes ><
I recommend sticking to the Gorges and use a train to either reach Noiraigue or Boudry and hike the Gorges one way. The top of the mountain seemed ok we walked into high grass there without insects on us. Oh yeah and expect much more elevation than listed it was very difficult.
YOUTUBE WIKILOC HIKES 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGKj4uEW34&list=PLOCc4Atr-UDdfNBqAYLqx-Za4u_53-FOG&index=34
Duration on paper : 08h29
Duration real with breaks : 09h11
Difficulty for me : T3-
Physical : very difficult
Technical : easy
Fear : null
Average Slope : +10.6% -9.8% (-13% max recommended)
Attendance ascent/summit/descent : null/low/high
Comment : TICKS EVERYWHERE !!! a beautiful region that would be perfect for hiking sadly....it's one of the worst area when it comes to ticks, as soon as you leave the most taken trails you'll be covered in them, I tought it was an exageration it's not...even grazing a small plant on the side has high chances of you getting one it took less than 15min for us to have one on the shoes, do not walk in high grass in those places : Forêt de Boudry Forêt de Cortaillod and Gorges de l'Areuse. Main trails wide enough that you do no make contact with the plants are ok, everything else is not, you will get ticks on you 100% there were a lot of people with dogs there..they must not know or understand, please do not bring your dogs there ! This is the reason of the major detour we took at the beginning, we chose to stay on a very very long road instead using the trails as planned, vegetation was too high and that meant ticks so a 22km ended up almost 28km not cool.
Forget the glitch at 22.5km that's when I tried to leave the main trail and we found the nest of ticks, if researchers need to collect them go there you'll get 10 on you in 2 minutes ><
I recommend sticking to the Gorges and use a train to either reach Noiraigue or Boudry and hike the Gorges one way. The top of the mountain seemed ok we walked into high grass there without insects on us. Oh yeah and expect much more elevation than listed it was very difficult.
YOUTUBE WIKILOC HIKES 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGKj4uEW34&list=PLOCc4Atr-UDdfNBqAYLqx-Za4u_53-FOG&index=34
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