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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.]
Joux
de Bière
The farm
of Joux de Bière lies along the cross-country ski trail down the Combe
des Amburnex on the far side of the Col du Marchairuz, and a spur of that
often-fairly-crowded trail passes up by the farm to carry on down a parallel combe
for a ways. But
rather than mix in amongst the plodding cross-country masses and super-fit skaters
in parti-colored lycra suits in primary colors, let's go along to get some of
photos of the farm at Joux de Bière by sneaking in the back way, through
the forest of Grande Rolat (above), on a snowy 13 March 2004. 
And
there it is, seen from the forest of Grande Rolat. 
What
a splendid location! Views up onto the Marchairuz ridgeline in the background.
13 March 2004. 
This
is viewed from a rocky buttress just above the farm on the north. The cross-country
ski pistes pass by down the hill in the combe behind, and the spur piste comes
up just behind the house and proceeds off to the right. 
Seen
from the same place, a little telephotoed. 
Snow
off the roof, the southwestern side of the house. 
Seen
from the west. The cross-country spur track passes over at the right of the photo
and down into the lower middle of it. A blissfully snowy day in March 2004. 
The narrator,
seen just after taking these photos, March 2004, and just before becoming hopelessly
lost in the forest of Grande Rolat on a roundabout trip home, in fact, evidently
going right the way round through the forest three times in a circle, like the
Pooh Bear searching for the Heffalump. 
5
March 2005 
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All rights reserved, all wrongs avenged. Posted 29 March 2004, revised 24 September 2008.
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