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Espace Mittelland

Neuchâtel

Creux du Van – Creux du Van loop from Le Soliat

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Switzerland

Espace Mittelland

Neuchâtel

Creux du Van – Creux du Van loop from Le Soliat

Easy

4.8

(53)

348

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Creux du Van – Creux du Van loop from Le Soliat

01:21

4.37km

140m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 12, 2026

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613 m

Creux du Van

Highlight • Gorge

The Creux du Van is approximately 1,200 meters wide and 500 meters deep. The total length of the rock faces, which drop approximately 160 meters vertically, is approximately four kilometers. …

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625 m

Border stone between Vaud and Neuchâtel

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Border stone between Neuchâtel and Vaud.

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1.17 km

Creux du Van

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The Creux du Van is approximately 1,200 meters wide and 500 meters deep. The total length of the rock faces, which drop approximately 160 meters vertically, is approximately four kilometers. …

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1.59 km

View of Mont Blanc

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Very nice views in almost all directions

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1.67 km

View of the Bernese Alps

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In good weather, a great view...

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2.17 km

Creux du Van

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The hike leads to the mighty Creux du Van rock cirque, a true regional icon, formed by the erosion of water and ice. A breathtaking panoramic view awaits at the …

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3.27 km

View of the Creux du Van

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The Creux du Van is approximately 1,200 meters wide and 500 meters deep. The total length of the rock faces, which drop approximately 160 meters vertically, is approximately four kilometers. …

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4.18 km

Restaurant Le Soliat

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Great food and nice sun terrace. Unfortunately often overcrowded ...

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4.37 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.87 km

300 m

177 m

Surfaces

3.98 km

205 m

127 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,450 m)

Lowest point (1,360 m)

Weather

Friday 21 August

17°C

6°C

0 %

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Comments

September 13, 2025,Neuenburger Jura, Le Loliat, Creux du Van

On the last day of our stay in Switzerland, we enjoyed a fantastic tour in the Neuchâtel Jura, Creux du Van. Magnificent views, a truly magnificent gorge, and glimpses as far as the Bernese Oberland with the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau. We set out quite early and had the landscape pretty much to ourselves. We finished in a beautiful mountain …

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May 17, 2025,Creux-du-Van

The Creux-du-Van is a rocky cirque approximately 1,400 meters wide and 200 meters high.
The limestone layers that form the extraordinary rocky cirque of the Creux-du-Van were deposited by a primitive sea nearly 200 million years ago. The glacier, through alternating freezes and thaws, and then streams, sculpted this spectacular amphitheater, a geological feature typical of the folding of the …

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Creux du Van – Creux du Van loop from Le Soliat

Creux du Van

Border stone between Vaud and Neuchâtel

Creux du Van

View of Mont Blanc

View of the Bernese Alps

Creux du Van

View of the Creux du Van

Restaurant Le Soliat

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