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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
Chaumette

Broad
meadows 3.5 kilometers above the village of Bassins, at 980 meters altitude, bisected
by the road that leads from Bassins (750m) 9 kilometers up to the La Bassine pasturage
(1261m). 12 March 2006.

Broad
meadows 3.5 kilometers above the village of Bassins, at 980 meters altitude, bisected
by the road that leads from Bassins (750m) 9 kilometers up to the La Bassine pasturage
(1261m). A sunny day, 23
December 2003, seen from the south.


The
view across Lac Léman from near La Chaumette.

La
Chaumette, 23 December 2003.

Christmas
Day, 25 December 2003 
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.

12
March 2006

24 January 2008

18 December 2009

Kristin getting out of the wind at La Chaumette, December 2009 Feedback
and suggestions are welcome if positive, resented if negative, .
All rights reserved, all wrongs avenged. Posted 24 February 2001, revised 22 March 2010.
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