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.]

Le Bugnonet

Broad meadows 3.5 kilometers above the village of Bassins, at 995 meters altitude, bisected by the Route des Montagnes that leads from Bassins (750m) 9 kilometers up to the La Bassine pasturage (1261m) (18 December 2004)

4 February 2006

We're walking a circle around the farm, as is our wont, looking for good camera angles, 4 February 2006.

12 March 2006

Later in the day, 12 March 2006

19 March 2006

12 January 2002

2 February 2008 (not much snow around)

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From the Carte National de la Suisse, 25,000 scale: 1241,  Marchairuz
The red dot indicates La Dunanche.
The blue dot indicates Le Bugnonet.
The yellow dot indicates La Chaumette.

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Farms of the Jura in winter