Saint-Pancrasse: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Dent de Crolles on the Plateau des Petites Roches is a limestone peak overlooking the Grésivaudan Valley and situated on the edge of the Hauts de Chartreuse Nature Reserve.

It has a completely hollow interior with a 55-kilometre-long underground network and more than 600 metres of negative elevation difference.

Those choosing Saint-Pancrasse as their destination may wish to rent a holiday apartment here.

Culture

The church of Saint-Pancrasse was rebuilt in the 17th century and altered between 1829 and 1860 through extensions and conversions.

A single-arch bridge crosses the Meunières stream near an old mill and connects the two parts of the hamlet of Meunières.

The Saint-Pancrasse orienteering course – Parcours d’orientation Patrimoine takes visitors through the village’s heritage using a map, punches at the stations and explanatory information.

The Saint-Pancrasse orienteering course – Parcours d’orientation Patrimoine is located in the downstream part of the village of Saint-Pancrasse.

The Saint-Pancrasse orienteering course – Parcours d’orientation Patrimoine can be reached from Grenoble without a car by taking Tram B to La Tronche Hôpital, followed by the Cars Région T85 service.

The Saint-Pancrasse orienteering course – Parcours d’orientation Patrimoine is free to access and open daily year-round in 2026.

Nature

The Tour des Petites Roches is a 40-kilometre GR de Pays hiking trail.

The stage crosses the sensitive natural area at Col du Coq, featuring varied landscapes of forests, meadows and pastures.

Activities

The Site du Luisset climbing area in Saint-Pancrasse is a limestone climbing site with 294 routes across 12 sectors.

The Site d’escalade du Col du Coq is a family-friendly limestone climbing area with 31 routes across five sectors.

The Plateau des Petites Roches comprises the three villages of Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet, Saint-Bernard-du-Touvet and Saint-Pancrasse and offers outdoor activities such as hiking, paragliding and free flight, via ferrata, climbing, caving, alpine and Nordic skiing, snowshoeing, sledging and treetop adventure activities at Col de Marcieu.

The circular hike to Dent de Crolles on the Plateau des Petites Roches is 3 km long, takes 4 hours and 30 minutes, and is rated very difficult.

Vertical Aventure offers a guided underground traverse of Dent de Crolles from Trou du Glaz to Grotte Annette, lasting almost eight hours underground.

To reach the Site du Luisset climbing area, walk approximately 50 metres northeast from the town hall along the main road, then turn right onto the Chemin des Coudières.

For 2026, the section of the Dent-de-Crolles route between the 1,640 m elevation and Trou du Glaz is closed following the rockfall of 28 November 2025.

Further destinations: Villette-D'anthon, Paladru, Valbonnais, Corrençon-En-Vercors, Vénosc, Ornon, Saint-Hilaire, Mont-De-Lans

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