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GRANDVAUX 

 

Prénovel - Les Piards ; Le  Lac des Rouges Truites ; Saint-Laurent ; Saint-Pierre Chaux du Dombief ; Chaux des Prés 


 

The Grandvaux is a secret valley made of light and peace, a plateau in the shadow of huge forests, a few pastures in the coombs..... it spreads out in the Natural Park of the Region of the Haut-Jura, full of peat bogs, with an ideal terrain for winter activities.

 

 

  

 

All about the snow 

 

Altitude : 880 meters to 1 170 meters 

 

 Cross-country skiing 

• Prénovel les Piards :

• Chaux du Dombief / Saint-Pierre:

• Saint-Laurent :  

• Lac des Rouges Truites :

• Chaux des Prés :

                       65 km

               29 km/ 21 km

                          29 km

                                25 km 

                             20 km

 

The trails are rated by level of difficulty :   Easy   Average   Difficult   Very difficult.

  Multi-activity areas: Tracks open to everyone (whether you do cross-country skiing, snow shoeing, hiking, even walking with your dog on a lead). They are at no cost and accessible to all.

 

Down-hill skiing 

 

• Les Piards:   

2 slopes 

 

Ski schools 

 

• Morbier : 03 84 33 54 71 

• Foncine le Haut : 03 84 51 92 28 

• Grandvaux : 03 84 60 41 26 

  Equipment rental
 

Snowshoes : 7 trails

Sledding : At Lac des Rouges Truites, Chaux du Dombief, Prénovel and Saint-Laurent 

 

Activities 

  

• Starting off from the Bugnon chalet on the Marechet trail, you can go around Rouge Truite Lake before tasting a nice hot chocolate when you come back ( you can rent cross-country skis and snowshoes at the start).

 

Maps of the trails 

 

Map of the trails of Prénovel-les-Piards.

Map of the trails of Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux.

Map of the trails of Lac des Rouges Truites.

Map of the trails of Chaux des Prés.

Map of the trails of St Pierre-en-Grandvaux and Chaux du Dombief.

 

 

 

Holidaying differently

 

• In the resorts : activities, bowling near Saint-Laurent.

 

 

 

Specially for children

 

• At la Pesse Septmoncel : day-care centre.

 

 

 

You will love 

 

To visit : the Frasses educational farm at Château des Prés, the chalet "du Coin d'Aval" (“Downhill Corner”) at tFort du Plasne, the chalet "faune et nature" (fauna and nature) at Chaux du Dombief, Saint Rémi's Chapel at the Piards.

 

To discover : wooden sculptures and the craft centre at the Piards, cheese dairy of the Chauvins, "boissellerie" of the Hérisson at Ilay, Baumann pottery at Frasnois.

 

To see : the peat bogs of Prénovel, the panoramic view from Duchet, Abbey Lake at Grande Rivière, the four lakes at Frasnois, the Pic de l'Aigle (Eagle Peak) the view over the four lakes at Chaux du Dombief, the Hérisson falls at Ilay, and Chaux des Prés, the coldest village in France.

 

 

Contacts 

 

Website : www.haut-jura-grandvaux.com

 

E-mails : otgrandvaux@club-internet.fr,

www.mairie-chauxdespres@wanadoo.fr 

 

Office de Tourisme de Saint-Laurent : 03 84 60 15 25

Office de Tourisme des Piards : 03 84 60 40 38   

 

Calculate your way with Mappy or ViaMichelin.

 




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