Lakes and peat bogs of Grandvaux
Lakes and peat bogs of Grandvaux
Departure : Prénovel, Le Duchet Difficulty : Medium Directions to follow: In front of the Duchet holiday village, exit the car park to take the RD 232 towards the hamlet Les Piards.
Turn left towards the place called “Les Fans”. Go down to the bottom of the valley and reach a crossroads, Route de la Faicle.
Follow this, on the left, towards Chaux-des-Prés.
Turn left on the D 146, cross the village of Chaux-les-Prés and arrive at the junction indicating Château-des-Prés (D 28) on the right.
Follow the road to Château-des-Prés, admire the Douillons peat bog from the belvedere on your right. Continue on the D 28 until you arrive at Château-des-Prés.
Take a road on your left opposite an ordeal: follow it passing near house no. 10 and come out on the D 437.
Carefully cross the main road to take the white path which is in the right bend of the road. At the next intersection, go left and cross Pré Basset. At the edge of the woods, continue right and arrive near a building.
Turn left and quickly find a forest road. Take it on the right and reach the Belvédère du Moulin.
Enjoy the viewpoint overlooking the Lac de l'Abbaye and the Combe du Grandvaux then continue on the forest road.
At the crossroads, turn right and cross the hamlet of Cernois.
At the exit, you will have to reach the Grandvaux Abbey site on the left.
After 150 m on the D 437, take a small asphalt road on the right. Continue on this road to go around the lake to the south (a beautiful viewpoint awaits you high up south of the lake) and reach the hamlet of Les Bez by following the first track on the right.
Turn right, carefully cross the hamlet and advance to number 3. Opposite, a sign indicates the direction of Prénovel de Bise via a forest road.
Continue on this, ignoring the secondary departures on either side and find the bitumen.
Continue a few meters to the left then take the first track on the left. Follow it straight until you reach an inverted Y junction.
Go right and, at the end of the forest, continue straight ahead and reach the signpost “Les Cuinets”.
Take the path on the left and arrive at the Chalet du Bief Plotet.
Go a few meters straight then take the track on the left and enter the hamlet of Prénovel de Bise.
At the fountain (unmonitored water), cross the D 28 carefully and follow the small road until the first path on the left. Follow this which passes near the peat bog of the Nanchez reach.
At the junction, after the power line, turn right and continue straight on until you reach a junction after the wastewater treatment plant.
Continue straight ahead, cross Vuillomets and find the parking lot of the Prénovel village hall.
Duration of the route (in hours): 2.5
Turn left towards the place called “Les Fans”. Go down to the bottom of the valley and reach a crossroads, Route de la Faicle.
Follow this, on the left, towards Chaux-des-Prés.
Turn left on the D 146, cross the village of Chaux-les-Prés and arrive at the junction indicating Château-des-Prés (D 28) on the right.
Follow the road to Château-des-Prés, admire the Douillons peat bog from the belvedere on your right. Continue on the D 28 until you arrive at Château-des-Prés.
Take a road on your left opposite an ordeal: follow it passing near house no. 10 and come out on the D 437.
Carefully cross the main road to take the white path which is in the right bend of the road. At the next intersection, go left and cross Pré Basset. At the edge of the woods, continue right and arrive near a building.
Turn left and quickly find a forest road. Take it on the right and reach the Belvédère du Moulin.
Enjoy the viewpoint overlooking the Lac de l'Abbaye and the Combe du Grandvaux then continue on the forest road.
At the crossroads, turn right and cross the hamlet of Cernois.
At the exit, you will have to reach the Grandvaux Abbey site on the left.
After 150 m on the D 437, take a small asphalt road on the right. Continue on this road to go around the lake to the south (a beautiful viewpoint awaits you high up south of the lake) and reach the hamlet of Les Bez by following the first track on the right.
Turn right, carefully cross the hamlet and advance to number 3. Opposite, a sign indicates the direction of Prénovel de Bise via a forest road.
Continue on this, ignoring the secondary departures on either side and find the bitumen.
Continue a few meters to the left then take the first track on the left. Follow it straight until you reach an inverted Y junction.
Go right and, at the end of the forest, continue straight ahead and reach the signpost “Les Cuinets”.
Take the path on the left and arrive at the Chalet du Bief Plotet.
Go a few meters straight then take the track on the left and enter the hamlet of Prénovel de Bise.
At the fountain (unmonitored water), cross the D 28 carefully and follow the small road until the first path on the left. Follow this which passes near the peat bog of the Nanchez reach.
At the junction, after the power line, turn right and continue straight on until you reach a junction after the wastewater treatment plant.
Continue straight ahead, cross Vuillomets and find the parking lot of the Prénovel village hall.
Duration of the route (in hours): 2.5
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