Chemin du Jura bernois
Overzicht
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Afstand 15 km
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Duur 4 h 10 min
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Stijging 580 m
Inleiding
Van de berg van de wind naar de berg van de zon. De hoogteroute over de Montagne du Droit verbindt de windmolen op de Mont Crosin met de zonne-energiecentrale op de Mont Soleil. Mooie vergezichten richting Chasseral en naar het Franse deel van de Jura.
Beschrijving
The hike starts in Tramelan, which was closely associated with watchmaking up until the 1970s. Today, you can visit home workshops here. The windows of the temple church and the church of St. Michel also tempt you to explore.
You leave Tramelan in a southerly direction. Passing the football pitch and following a straight path, you quickly reach the forest and the typical Jura landscape with its ancient trees and attractive flower-filled meadows. You see moss-covered stone walls as you proceed downwards on the northern hillside. Once on the wide, flat ridge of the hill, you look southwards across the Vallon de St. Imier with its magnificent view of the Chasseral. In contrast to the northern side, the southern hillside drops steeply and is densely forested.
You pass a number of impressive windmills after Chalet-Neuf. They are part of Switzerland’s largest wind farm, Mont Crosin, which produces electricity for about twenty thousand households. As the hike continues, you also go past the solar power plant on Mont Soleil. This was built in 1992 for research and demonstration purposes, and it was the largest photovoltaic solar power plant in Europe at the time. An adventure trail connects the energy plants.
The path leads westwards across wide high Jura pastures and huge spruce trees. Various mountain farms and numerous drystone walls dividing the pastures blend superbly into the landscape. Depressions in the ground, known as dolines, offer shelter to animals such as foxes, wild boars, woodpeckers, lynxes and deer. They are formed through changes in the ground, which consists of rock that is easily penetrated by water –
in this case limestone, and remarkable underground drainage systems with caves.
Just before the village of Mont-Soleil, you come across another feature of this landscape: Champ Meusel, a circular hollow in the mountain with a diameter of about three hundred metres. A meteorite hit the mountain here. It is the largest surviving meteorite impact site in Switzerland. Since then, a wetland has developed within it. A few minutes later, you arrive at the cogwheel railway above St. Imier. This attractive, impressive and varied stage is completed.
De sleutel voor een prettige wandeltocht is onder andere een zorgvuldige planning. Win op voorhand inlichtingen in bij de plaatselijke informatiedienst over de toestand van het traject en de weersomstandigheden. Afhankelijk van het seizoen en de weersomstandigheden kan de route gesloten of onderbroken zijn.
| Vertrek |
Tramelan
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| Aankomst |
St-Imier
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| Richting |
Eén richting
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| Hoogte (meter boven zeeniveau) |
1000 m boven zeeniveau
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| Stijging |
580 m
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| Daling |
300 m
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| Afstand |
15 km
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| Duur |
4 h 10 min
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| Duur omgekeerde richting |
3 h 50 min
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| Technische vereisten |
Eenvoudig
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| Vereiste conditie |
Gemiddeld
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| Geschikt seizoen |
maart - november
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| Thema |
With panoramic view, To an alp
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| Meer informatie | https://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/wanderland/etappe91... |
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