Circuit du Château
Vassieux-en-Vercors
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Circuit du Château
Difficulty
3h
Duration9,9km
Distance+159m
Positive Elevation-159m
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A village defined by resistance !
2 points of interest
The country of wind and windmills
At the crossroads of Bourget, turn to see on the horizon the two ruined towers of the hamlet of La Mure. These are two old windmills. Vassieux had 8 in all. The last one stopped grinding in 1878. It must be said that this vast plateau open to the north and south is particularly windy (you may have realized if you forgot your little wool!). The mills of Vassieux are the only ones known in the Alps.Vassieux-en-Vercors Necropolis
After the village of Vassieux, you can discover the Necropolis, where all the civilian and military victims of the events in Vassieux lie buried. In addition to the people of the village, the graves show us that the Resistance in the Vercors was a huge civil and military movement that brought together men and women of many different nationalities. On the stone slabs can be read the names of Russian, Polish, Algerian, English and American soldiers and members of the Maquis. The shells of two of the gliders the German soldiers landed are on display beyond the graveyard. The Memorial to the Resistance, which is managed by the Vercors Park and the departmental Resistance Museum, help you learn more about the Vercors Maquis.
Description
- Starting from the village of Vassieux-en-Vercors, make for Les Bourgets, La Frache, La Mare and Les Sables.
- Carry on walking via Sapin d'Aimé, La Mure, Les Chèvres, La Grande Peyrousse, Nécropole and Pourlette, and find your starting point in the village.
- Departure : Vassieux-en-Vercors
- Arrival : Vassieux-en-Vercors
- Towns crossed : Vassieux-en-Vercors
Forecast
Recommandations
Use the purpose-built throughways to cross fences; shut gates and barriers behind you.
Keeping to the signposted paths means you'll respect private property.
Keeping to the signposted paths means you'll respect private property.
Information desks
Place Pietri, 26 420 La Chapelle-en-Vercors
Access and parking
From Villard de Lans, go in the direction of La Chapelle-en-Vercors via the D531, then turn left on the D103. At Barraques-en-Vercors, follow the D518 in the direction of Vassieux-en-Vercors. At La Chapelle-en-Vercors, take the D178. The starting point for the hike is the car park of the football ground at the entrance to the village of Vassieux-en-Vercors.
Parking :
the village of Vassieux-en-Vercors
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