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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
Trélasse
La
Trélasse farm (1205 meters) is a working farm just 500 meters SW 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 village of St. Cergue, over the pass
at Givrine, and down into France at La Cûre.] 24 December 2005. 
In
winter, however, La Trélasse transforms itself into a fondue
restaurant for the cross-country skiers, sledders, moonbooters
and kiddy-walkers, and aimless Corps Diplomatiques foreigners up from Geneva on
a sunny day (many of them without real drivers' licenses). This is 2 April 2006,
the skilifts have closed down, the restaurant is fermé, and in fact the
flag seems to be at half mast. 
Seen
from the south, 2 April 2006 
And
seen from the main road, from the north
11
December 2005 in the wind, the La Cûre-St Cergue road in the foreground
From
the Carte National de la Suisse, 25,000 scale: 1261, Nyon (1992)
The
orange dot marks the farm of La Trélasse. The green dot marks the railway station
at the Col de la Givrine. The brown dot indicates the farm of La Givrine. Blue
shows the top of Pointe de Poêle Chaud. 
The
little red train passing over the Col de la Givrine near La Trélasse, 2
April 2006.
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