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Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut - Château-d’Œx, with its double calling as a haven of agriculture and tourism, includes the villages and hamlets of Moulins, l’Etivaz, La Lécherette, Gérignoz, and Granges. Architectural gems dot the region: in town a group of marvelous stone buildings constructed after the fire of 1800 and in the rural surroundings superb examples of 17th and 18th century wooden farms. Surrounded by three mountains ranges, the largest municipality in the canton of Vaud is also home to the magnificent Pierreuse Nature Reserve established in 1945 and managed by Pro Natura. The mountainous region gives way to several valleys dominated by high limestone cliffs. The subalpine and alpine vegetation includes remarkable grasslands and marshes.
Chateau-d’Œx offers multiple activities to visitors with its various sports facilities (ice-skating rink, bowling alley, gym, sports hall, pool, campground, ski-lifts) and cultural activities (movie theaters and museums).
Starting in Les Combes, the trail leads over meadows and pastures down to the Saane river and crosses it. The trial then goes over an old suspension bridge before one arrives in the village centre of Château-d'Oex.
From the village of Rougemont the trail ascend to the hamlet of Ciernes Picat. The walk leads past several alpine farms that produce Etivaz AOP up to the saddle, and then it descends again to Château-d'Oex.
From Château-d'Oex, one proceeds along the railway track and the stream, over meadows and pastures, until the village of Les Moulins is reached, where BIO Gruyère cheese is produced.
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