Mont Racine, Limestone mountain summit in Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Mont Racine is a summit of the Swiss Jura in the canton of Neuchâtel, reaching 1,439 metres. Its ridge, part of an anticline of competent late Jurassic limestone, drops steeply to the west; about 500 metres away runs the wooded western limb, the Côtes de Marmoud, with the pastures of Grande Racine between them. The crest carries extensive Jura high pastures with large spruces standing singly or in groups, while steeper slopes are wooded.

In 1963 the Swiss Army bought a large area around Pradières northeast of the summit and set up a shooting range. In March 1966 Neuchâtel voters passed an initiative protecting the Jura ridges, after which the military had to stop firing exercises on weekends and during summer holidays. The Friends of Mont-Racine, founded on 25 September 1966, campaigned against extending the range and later against wind turbines on the ridges.

The dry-stone wall near the Loge des Pradières was built in 2012 by the Amis du Mont-Racine together with asylum seekers from Les Grandes-Pradières. The association, founded on 25 September 1966, took over management of the lodge from the Swiss Alpine Club in 2008. The Jura crest above the summit is open pasture with scattered spruces.

The summit lies on the ridge above Val-de-Ruz, about 9 km west-northwest of Neuchâtel, reached on foot in roughly 8 km. A refuge-auberge stands at the top. The ridge is exposed pasture with scattered spruces, so carry weatherproof clothing and sturdy footwear.

The dry-stone wall near the Loge des Pradières was built in 2012 by the Friends of Mont-Racine together with asylum seekers from Les Grandes-Pradières. The association, founded on 25 September 1966, still watches over the ridge.