Agriculture trail Charmey - La Valsainte
This hiking trail showcases the important contribution of farming to this pre-Alpine landscape.
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This hiking trail showcases the important contribution of farming to this pre-Alpine landscape.
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The trail starts with the ascent to the Col de Jaman. It leads up over alpine meadows. The alpine huts have traditional shingle roofs. The trail then descends again to the village of Les Avants.
The walks starts with an ascent to the Col de Jaman. The trail leads over meadows with cairns and past alpine huts with shingle roofs. The trail then descends to the village of Les Avants.
This stage is the only one on the Grand Tour des Vanils to offer a magnificent glimpse of Lake Geneva (from the Col de Jaman) and along the slopes of the Cape au Moine.
Two passes, two worlds
From the Allières relay station to the Montbovon crossroads
Above Villeneuve at around 1600 metres lies the Alp Col de Chaude. In the alpine season over 60 cows are put to summer pasture at any one time. Observe how the dairymen milk the cows and produce the L'Etivaz AOP cheese over the wood fire. Overnight s
When Fanny and Sébastien Henchoz took over the family farm, they decided to inject a new lease of life into the business by growing, harvesting and drying plants and herbs that harness the ancestral power of the mountains.
A carpenter and a herbalis...
Steep ascent to the summit of the Col des Mosses, on picture-book meadow trails and mountain paths high above the valley to Leysin, always face to face with the Alps. The lovely long descent to Aigle is a highlight for bikers certain of their ability