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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.]
Le
Crot
This
is the farm of Le Crot (1225m) at about 4 p.m., with Mont Sala (1511m) looming
behind. Well, maybe not looming, maybe just settled comfortably in up there. 
We're
trotting around the east side of Le Crot with a nice view on the horizon: (from
left) Mont Pelé (1532m), forested and frequently unfindable amongst the
trees; an unnamed middle one (1515m), and Mont Sala (1511m) on the right. They're
about four kilometres away from us now, up on the Jura ridgeline. 
We circumambulate
the building (we're standing on a pile of forestry logs for this shot from the
north), squeezing off digital shots to choose from later, changing the AA batteries
from time to time. 
And
the front, facing out over Lake Geneva to the south. 
We
also, whenever we can, catch a picture with the name of the farm in it: in this
case, Le Crot. 
It's
well past 4 p.m. and the temperature is plummeting, so if we want to squeeze any
more farms in this afternoon we'll have to trot along. 
Marlowe
Peck taking a break at Le Crot, 28 December 2000. 
Le
Crot, 25 March 2007, the snowless winter
From
the Carte National de la Suisse, 25,000 scale: 1241, Marchairuz
The
red dot indicates Mondion.
The blue dot indicates Les Frasses.
The lime green dot indicates Le Crot.
The violet dot indicates Le Planet.
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All rights reserved, all wrongs avenged. Posted 7 May 2001, revised 28 June 2007.
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