Dwight Peck's low-res photos

Farms of the Jura in winter

[The Jura mountains run in a southwest-northeast direction along the border between France and Switzerland, from Geneva (Genève) to Basel (Bâle), holding at about 1300-1400 meters altitude (4350-4500 feet), and peaking in the range of 1650 meters (5450 feet). These photos of high alpage farms in winter are mainly from the southwestern end of that range, between the cities of Geneva and Vallorbe.]

La Bassine

La Bassine (1261m) lies at the top of a paved road leading up from the village of Bassins at the bottom of the forest (750m). These photos were taken on a snowy 9 December 2006.

From the south.

From the southeast

And from the northeast, 9 December 2006, the first real snow of the season

From the Bassins-Marchairuz road that passes by to the northwest of the farm, just at nightfall.

A drizzly 1 April 2002. The rock wall can be seen on the map below, connecting the photographer to the corral at the farm. The road from Bassins can be seen behind the farm now heading northeastward through the Combe des Amburnex 9km to near the Col du Marchairuz.

From the Carte National de la Suisse, 25,000 scale: 1241, Marchairuz
The red dot indicates La Bassine and the purple one Rionde Dessus. The blue dot is Le Planet.

The paved farm road that passes La Bassine leads northeastward 9km through the Combe des Amburnex towards the Col du Marchairuz and down, at the bottom of the map, 9.6km to the village of Bassins at the bottom of the forest (750m).

Dairy products on sale in the summer

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Farms of the Jura in winter