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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 (Genčve) to Basel (Bāle), 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
Givrine
La Givrine lies
at 1236 meters just above the rail stop of the "little red train"
rail station at the Col de la Givrine. [The Little
Red Train runs from the small formerly-Roman city of Nyon
on Lake Geneva up the mountain through the Swiss village of St. Cergue,
over the pass at Givrine, and down into France at La Cūre.]
This was taken
on 17 February 2002, toward the end of nearly a two-month drought of snow.
The
stupendous view from La Givrine at any season looks past the col to La Dôle,
with its Geneva airport radar fixtures, a wonderful sight in any weather.
Like this . . .
There's
La Dôle up there in the background (Poêle Chaud on the left
horizon). This is 17 February 2002.
3
January 2004
The
brown dot indicates the Givrine farm -- the green dot shows the restaurant
and rail stop on the Nyon-La Cûre train line. The orange dot is the
Trélasse farm and winter-restaurant, and the blue one shows the summit
of the nearest mountain, the Pointe de Poêle Chaud.
From
the Carte National de la Suisse, 25,000 scale: 1261, Nyon (1992)
The
little red train passing along the Col de la Givrine between La Cure (France)
and Nyon (Switzerland)
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All rights reserved, all wrongs avenged. Posted 3 March 2002, updated 30 March
2006.
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