The castel circuit
A village defined by resistance !
2 points of interest
moulin de la mure vassieux - P.Mayade 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.
Plateau de Vassieux - S.M Booth Plateau of Vassieux-en-Vercors
The plateau of Vassieux-en-Vercors is an open landscape characteristic of the karstic plateaus, the surface water is almost non-existent and the soils are not thick. However, dolines, which are depressions where the clay accumulates, thus allowing the cultivation of cereals, alongside these dolines, the stones are heaped up. There used to be many windmills to grind grain.
Description
- Starting from the village of Vassieux-en-Vercors, make for Les Bourgets, le Château, 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.
Information desks
Place Pietri, 26 420 La Chapelle-en-Vercors
Transport
By train :
Grenoble, Valence or Die train stations
OùRA multimodal route planner : https://www.oura.com/
By bus :
From Valence :
From train and bus stations : Line D05 to Vassieux-en-Vercors
From Grenoble :
With regional coaches, line T64 by Engins or T65 by Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte and go to Villard)
- Then take the "on demand coaches" (except sunday and public holidays)
Booking mandatory, call to +334 8000 7000, at least 24h before you come.
By hitch hiking : You can get there / get back by hitching a lift with the Rezo Pouce network from Autrans-Méaudre, Lans-en-Vercors, Grenoble and Royans-Vercors (you can find all the stops in the Vercors on www.rezopouce.fr).
Carpooling :
Offer your services or book your carpooling on the regional Mov'Ici platform.
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 :
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