Sentier raquettes : Un petit air de là bas
Spelt and buckwheat were used to feed men and animals during the long winter months. A time when self-sufficient living forced men to work hard to feed themselves and survive.
Our mountain is crossed by many ungulates (deer, roe deer, chamois, wild boars and others). Winter is synonymous with survival for them. The species operate high altitude transhumances. Indeed, the snow cover being too thick in their summer quarters, the animals gradually descend towards the areas where they sink the least. Walking in the snow represents a great energy expenditure and nature covered in its white coat offers little food. Thus the animals feed on what they find: tree bark, bulbs found by digging, remains of seeds (beechnut for example). The meadows are now out of reach and it is necessary to fight the snow, the cold, the wind, find mountain hut. It is important to observe the fauna in silence, and to avoid stressing it further.
Tips:
– Make sure snow doesn’t get into your shoes by using gaiters.
•During the snowshoe hike:
– Remember to release the heel of the snowshoe! FYI, we sometimes attach the back of the foot when going downhill when there is a lot of snow.
– Set off with poles, essential for balance.
– Don’t hesitate to tap your snowshoe with your stick from time to time, this will remove some of the accumulated snow and therefore lighten your step.
– Foggy glasses are usually a good indicator of too much body heat or a change in body heat that is too rapid. If this happens, you can reduce your speed, the number of layers of clothing or simply ventilate everything by encouraging fresh air to enter under your windbreaker.
Depart from the Tourist Office, take the escalator that takes you down to the cable car. From there, take the inclined elevator stopping at level 1. Follow the road on the left going down to the roundabout, and take the path indicating Les Combes, indicated by the yellow signs. This path runs through the fields and takes you to the mill, the first house on your left at the bottom of this first descent. You continue on the left towards Les Combes, La Villette. You cross the bridge over the Flumet stream, then turn left to follow a path in the forest. The path goes to the arrival station of the Montfrais cable car. You go around it on the left, stay on the left because for 200m the route is shared with skiers. For your safety and that of other users it is strongly recommended to keep to the left. A small downhill path invites you to the left, joining the old mill of La Villette, now restored. From there, cross the bridge and go back up to the road, continuing to the left. At the end of the road, you are in the hamlet of La Villette. And you continue on the road to the left, you continue on this road until it makes a hairpin to the left. A few meters after the hairpin, a path indicated in the form of yellow signs invites you to go back down. So you go down, still following this route which opens out below the Tourist Office. Once on the road, to return to the Tourist Office, turn right and 150m later, the Tourist Office square appears before you.
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