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
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.
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Down-hill skiing
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• Les Piards:
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2 slopes
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Ski schools
• Morbier : 03 84 33 54 71
• Foncine le Haut : 03 84 51 92 28
• Grandvaux : 03 84 60 41 26
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Equipment rental |
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Snowshoes : 7 trails
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Sledding : At Lac des Rouges Truites, Chaux du Dombief, Prénovel and Saint-Laurent
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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).
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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.