Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte / Villard-de-Lans (stage 1)
Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte
1. Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte / Villard-de-Lans (stage 1)
7h
20,8km
+1146m
-1238m
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On this section, you can enjoy clear views over Y Grenoblois since the forest is not so dense here.
On the top of Moucherotte you can revel in the glorious views over the entire Alpine range as far as Mont Blanc, with a bird's eye view of the built-up area around Grenoble.
On the top of Moucherotte you can revel in the glorious views over the entire Alpine range as far as Mont Blanc, with a bird's eye view of the built-up area around Grenoble.
2 points of interest
Les Trois Pucelles, Saint-Nizier et l'Isère vus du sommet - V. Giry Summit of Moucherotte
From its 1,901 meters, this summit offers a breathtaking view of the Alps and the valley of Grenoble. To better locate you in the surrounding massifs, an orientation table is at your disposal on the trail.You will also find on your way a radar of Météo-France. Installed in 2014, it can measure precipitation and wind within a radius of 50 kilometers.Until 2001, the Hotel Ermitage could also be seen standing on the Moucherotte, a luxury establishment that welcomed Brigitte Bardot, Dalida and Charles Aznavour. Abandoned since 1974 for lack of profitability, the hotel was connected to Saint-Nizier by a cable car. Only one pylon remains, which is now used by the village adventure trail.
M. Rocheblave The plateau of Ramées
This vast, flowery alpine pasture is occupied in summer by village cows, an ancient breed of the Vercors, very adapted to its environment and restored to the taste by some local breeders. The plateau of Ramées, through its alternating wooded areas and alpine pastures, is an environment conducive to the black grouse. You can enter them cooing, but do not try to see them and especially stay on the paths, because this remarkable species is very sensitive to disturbance.
Description
- From the village of Saint-Nizier, take the road behind the church, head towards the ski jump, then take the path that climbs towards the Trois Pucelles. Continue along the ridge towards Moucherotte.
- Continue on the GR country trail "Tour des quatre montagnes" to reach the Ramées plateau and the Habert des Ramées shelter.
- Then descend to the Lans en Vercors resort and continue south on the GR91 through Les Allières.
- At Combe Chaulange, descend towards Villard de Lans.
- Departure : Les Pucelles (car park 1,5 km going to Grenoble, just below the village of Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte)
- Arrival : Les Cochettes (car park) - Villard-de-Lans
- Towns crossed : Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte, Claix, Lans-en-Vercors, and Villard-de-Lans
Forecast
Altimetric profile
Sensitive areas
Along your trek, you will go through sensitive areas related to the presence of a specific species or environment. In these areas, an appropriate behaviour allows to contribute to their preservation. For detailed information, specific forms are accessible for each area.
Allières-La Fauge summer pasture
Alpine pasture without guard dogs
- Impacted practices:
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- Sensitivity periods:
- JunJulAugSep
- Contact:
Cornafion summer pasture
Alpine pasture protected from the end of June to the end of September
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- Sensitivity periods:
- JunJulAugSep
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Ramées summer pasture
Alpine pasture grazed and protected from early June to early October
- Impacted practices:
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- Sensitivity periods:
- JunJulAugSepOct
- Contact:
Moucherotte summer pasture
Alpine pasture grazed and protected from early June to early October
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- Sensitivity periods:
- JunJulAugSepOct
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La Sierre summer pasture
Alpine pasture grazed by cattle, without guard dogs
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- Sensitivity periods:
- JunJulAugSep
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Black grouse - winter
- Impacted practices:
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- Sensitivity periods:
- JanFebMarAprDec
- Contact:
- Fédération Départementale des Chasseurs d'Isère
Yannick Buzzarello : yannick.buzzarello@chasse38.com
Membre de l'Observatoire des Galliformes de montagne
Virginie Dos Santos : ogm.vds@gmail.com
Blandine Amblard : ogm.amblard@gmail.com
Black grouse - winter
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- Sensitivity periods:
- JanFebMarAprDec
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Recommandations
Careful, the chimney of Ramées Hut is not working correctly, the foam and gaz are not correctly evacuated. Don't use it to avoid any health risk.
Use the installed passages to cross fences, close gates and barriers.
Stay on the marked trails and respect private property.
The trails can be slippery in rainy conditions!
Do not cross hay meadows or cultivated fields.
Respect sheep farms, refuges and cabin shelters.
Collect your waste, think nature.
You are in summer pastures, and may meet herd protection and guard dogs (patous). Always ensure that you go a long way round the animals, calmly so that the dog can identify you, do not pat or threaten them.
Use the installed passages to cross fences, close gates and barriers.
Stay on the marked trails and respect private property.
The trails can be slippery in rainy conditions!
Do not cross hay meadows or cultivated fields.
Respect sheep farms, refuges and cabin shelters.
Collect your waste, think nature.
You are in summer pastures, and may meet herd protection and guard dogs (patous). Always ensure that you go a long way round the animals, calmly so that the dog can identify you, do not pat or threaten them.
Herd protection dogs
In the mountain pastures, the guard dogs are there to protect the herds from predators.
When I hike, I adapt my behaviour by going around the herd and pausing so that the dog can identify me.
Click here to see the video : c'est quoi au juste un chien de protection ?
Transport
By train : Grenoble train station
By bus :
Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte can be reach with regional lines T65 which goes from Grenoble to Villard-de-Lans.
By hitchhiking :
Find all the official hitchiking spots on www.rezopouce.fr
By carpooling :
Offer your services or book your carpooling on the regional Mov'Ici platform.
By bus :
Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte can be reach with regional lines T65 which goes from Grenoble to Villard-de-Lans.
By hitchhiking :
Find all the official hitchiking spots on www.rezopouce.fr
By carpooling :
Offer your services or book your carpooling on the regional Mov'Ici platform.
Access and parking
From Grenoble, drive through Seyssins then up towards Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte via the D106. Park in the village.
Parking :
Car park at Les Pucelles (150 m to the right of the large hairpin bend in the road).
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