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.]

Pré d'Aubonne

The pastures of the lakeside town of Aubonne lie at about 1390m alongside the road to the Col du Marchairuz, across from the Pré de Rolle just to the southwest. Here's the farm building and its outbuilding on a beautifully gloomy 7th of March 2004.

The south-facing side of the farm, 7 March 2004.

The secondary building on an even gloomier preceding day, 6 March 2004.

from the north, 27 December 2005

The farm of the Pré d'Aubonne can be seen in the center -- the red dot indicates the approximate location of the Grande Baume de Pré d'Aubonne, a giant gouffre in the forest floor some 125 meters deep.

Again, 27 December 2005

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Farms of the Jura in winter