Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Le cimetière de Jaun
On peut admirer sur les tombes du cimetière de Jaun des sculptures rendant hommage au défunt en le présentant dans des aspects de sa vie. Il s’agit là d’un exemple visible de la commémoration rendue aux défunts.
Ailleurs dans le canton, le 1er novembre, jour de la Toussaint, nombre de Fribourgeois catholiques se rendent au cimetière pour honorer leurs défunts. Les tombes sont soigneusement fleuries de chrysanthèmes. Suivant les paroisses, les fidèles se recueillent également le matin ou l’après-midi, lors d’une célébration ou d’une messe.
Les rituels autour de la mort ont évolué ces vingt dernières années. Les défunts reposent de moins en moins souvent à la maison, les paroisses disposant de chapelles mortuaires. En revanche, on observe des constantes concernant la cérémonie d’adieu, qu’elle soit suivie de l’incinération ou non: elle est presque exclusivement de rite catholique ou protestant et réunit des assemblées nombreuses. Elle est traditionnellement suivie de la collation, une
Living tradition
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Le Col des Mosses – Rossinière
From the Col des Mosses, the hiking trail cross over streams and through forests to Les Monts Chevreuils. Along the way there are several breathtaking views, such as the Sarine Valley, Château-d’Œx and Les Vanils mountain range.
Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 45 minutesLength: 15.50km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Le Grand Chalet
The Grand Chalet, formerly the Grande Maison, was built in 1754 for two families. On the lower ground floor an immense cheese cellar can be found. Jean-David Henchoz, the general contractor, attempted to make this a cheese commerce center. From 1857 to 1976, the building was converted into a hotel, where Victor Hugo once spent time. The painter, Balthus bought the building in 1977. He lived and worked there until the end of his life in 2001.
Historical building
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Le leadership par le cheval
Accompagnée de ses chevaux en liberté, Carine Morier propose une journée d’exploration du leadership et de la cohésion d’équipe. Alternant apports théoriques et interactions avec le troupeau, l’expérience s’inspire du fonctionnement du vivant.
Offer for groups
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Le Potag’Oex
Potag’Oex came to life in 2020. When Yaëlle lost her job in early 2020, she began plotting her comeback, this time as a market gardener. The timing could not have been better: some agricultural land in the village of Les Moulins had just become available. These fields had previously been worked by the Tilles, a family of organic farmers.
Bastien quickly joined Yaëlle on this adventure. With Federal Vocational Diplomas in agriculture and horticulture, Yaëlle is in charge of the farming side of the business (growing of vegetables and aromatic plants). Bastien oversees the administrative side, although he does step away from his desk every now and then to help out in the fields. Everything the co-founders do is informed by Bio Suisse label standards.
Potag’Oex also offers a vegetable box service, with delivery every Friday. They are packed full of seasonal organic produce grown by Yaëlle and Bastien and supplemented from time to time with vegetables grown by other Swiss organic fa
Producer
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Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Le Revers
The magical landscape of the Intyamon valley awaits you for this moderately severe snow-shoe trail starting at the station in Allières.
Snowshoe route
Time required: 2 hours 30 minutesLength: 7.50km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Le Sapalet Sàrl
In 1990 dairy farmers and L’Etivaz AOP cheesemakers, Jean-Robert Henchoz and his wife decided to branch out into sheep farming. When they realised there was a growing demand for sheep’s milk products, they gave up rearing dairy cows in Rossinière.
Today, the Henchoz family manages a flock of more than 1,000 sheep, the largest in the Pays-d’Enhaut, which provide milk all year round for the Fromagerie le Sapalet. With the arrival of the younger generations, the farm began expanding its product range. It now features both goat’s and cow’s milk specialities, all of which meet stringent Bio Suisse standards.
Le Sapalet products are now sold across Switzerland. In 2017 the Henchoz family opened a shop at their cheese dairy in Rossinière. As well as the full range of Le Sapalet dairy products, customers can also choose from a selection of meat products, including mutton as well as lunch and deli meats made from pigs reared on the Henchoz farm.
Producer
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Le Serpolait
All year round, Esther and Jean-Claude live and work on their family farm at La Comballaz, situated at an altitude of 1,400 metres.
In the summer, they take their 15 cows up to their mountain pastures in Sonnaz, overlooking Les Mosses. Every morning and evening, Jean-Claude milks the cows and returns back to the farm with this white gold, which Esther uses to make hard cheeses, raclette cheese and tomme. All are made from raw Alp milk which has been heated in a copper vat over a wood fire, and are left to mature in the farm’s ripening cellar. They are then sold directly on the farm, in the local area (Les Mosses, Le Sépey, Leysin) and further afield, in Lausanne and Geneva.
Their signature product is the hard cheese Le Serpolait, which takes it name from the locally foraged dried wild thyme [‘serpolait’ in French] that is dusted over the rind after the cheese has been in the ripening cellar for six to eight weeks.
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Les Avants
Les Avants developed a notable hotel industry starting the middle of the 19th century with the arrival of public transportation. The village has a unique regional architecture. In Sonloup, the funicular (built in 1911), with its distinctive red cars, was recently restored.
Site
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Les Avants – Montreux
From tranquil mountain pastures to tumultuous waterfalls.
The Chauderon gorges are closed until further notice.
Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 55 minutesLength: 9.10km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Les Bains de la Gruyère
Situés à 900 m d'altitude, les Bains entourés d'un panorama exceptionnel, les Bains offrent une vue splendide sur les Préalpes fribourgeoises.
Historical building
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Les Caves de la Tzintre
The Alp cheesemaking season is short. Between April to October, alpine farmers make between two and three wheels of Alp cheese every day. The process involves heating milk in huge 800-litre capacity copper vats; twelve litres of milk are needed to make one kilo of cheese. The altitude and position on the mountain slope of the alpine farm as well as the surrounding flora and the cheesemaker’s expertise are what lends each cheese its unique and distinctive character. It is precisely this diversity that sets Gruyère d'Alpage AOP apart.
Because Alp cheeses must be turned and brushed every day, in both summer and winter, they cannot be kept in the mountain ripening cellars for the entire 24 months. The armaillis [mountain dairy farmers] move the wheels to the La Tzintre ripening cellars (Charmey) in the valley below. These facilities, which accommodate 7,000 wheels of both Gruyère AOP (approx. 150 tonnes) and Vacherin fribourgeois AOP (20 tonnes), offer the best possible storage and matur
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Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Les Choucas botanical trail
Starting point / trailhead : Alpage de la Dent, Château-d'Œx
Point of arrival : Cabane des Choucas
Theme trail
Time required: 2 hoursLength: 9.00km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Les Combes – Château-d’Œx
Partially open
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.
Theme trailHiking trailOther routes
Time required: 1 hour 15 minutesLength: 4.80km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Les Granges-Gérignoz – L'Etivaz
La Pierreuse, green pastures, and limestone slopes
Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 45 minutesLength: 10.60km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Les Mosses – La Lécherette Tourist Office
In our office, you will find various informative brochures about Col des Mosses and the region, as well as a personable welcoming committee who will gladly help you plan your visit. Specific suggestions will help you choose the activities that best suit you in the region.
There are countless opportunities for tourists in the Mosses – La Lécherette plateau region from family skiing, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in winter to hiking, mountain biking and other warm weather activities in summer. This region is known for its beautiful natural landscapes and alpine lakes.
Our tourist office is also equipped with an information point for the Gruyère Pays d’Enhaut Regional Nature Park, where you can find all the documents published by the park.
Information center
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Les Moulins
Its buildings feature carved corbels which support their awnings. Following this tradition, carpenter Moïse Henchoz built the former inn, Lion-d’Or.
Site
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Les Moulins - Rossinière
The walk goes over pastures on the floor of Les Moulins valley to the bank of the River Saane. It continues to the old transit road, that in former day connected the Riviera or the Gruyère country with the Pays-d’Enhaut and Saanenland.
Theme trailHiking trailOther routes
Time required: 1 hour 15 minutesLength: 4.80km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Les Moulins organic cheese dairy
In 2009 the Les Moulins cheese dairy was threatened with closure. Pierre Buchillier, with the backing of local producers, came to its rescue, taking over the premises and its contents wholesale. He subsequently became an independent milk buyer with the milk cooperative, while the local producers converted to organic dairy farming.
As well as making organic Gruyère AOP, which has won several international awards, he has expanded the cheese dairy’s range to include products like raclette cheese and P’tit Moulin.
Pierre and his wife Marie-Noëlle also sell their cheeses as well as a wide range of authentic Pays-d’Enhaut products in the cheese dairy’s shop, which is open 7 days a week.
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Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Lessoc
The village of Lessoc is in the federal inventory of sites of national importance. It is made up of a dense network of houses and farms from the golden age of Gruyère, with strong presence of late gothic decor (window and door frames) modeled after those of the medieval city of Gruyères. It is one of the rare villages in the l’Intyamon to have a square with a remarkable covered fountain.
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Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Lessoc - Montbovon
Starting at the Lessoc well (1796), whose cupola was a gift of a cheese merchant from Lyon, the trail leads to Montbovon.
Theme trailHiking trailOther routes
Time required: 1 hourLength: 3.40km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Lessoc Bridge
On the old stone path linking the village of Lessoc to Montbovon, sits the most complete, well-preserved wood covered-bridge in the canton of Fribourg. The construction date is carved into the oak crossbar on the right bank: 1667.
Historical building
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Lessoc Fountain
The fountain consists of an octagonal limestone basin with a central pillar holding an obelisk. It was built in 1796 by the mason, Jacques Vicarino and the blacksmith, Noé Both. Its eight-sided dome is said to be in imperial style. It was a gift from a wealthy inhabitant of Lessoc, Louis Zurich who earned his riches in the cheese market.
Here is the famous legend of Lessoc Fountain:
Good Colin loved his birth-village of Lessoc. In fact he loved it so much that he rarely ventured too far from his homeland. His favorite part was the lovely village fountain where cows came to drink, morning and evening; and where women came together to wash their clothing, just as well-versed in bleaching whites as discussing town gossip. One day, as the women did the washing, Colin passed by with his horse and cart, on his way to the fair in a neighboring village.
Colin sold two fine pigs and a black and white cow before heading home, with a smile on his lips and his wallet swollen in his pocket.
Historical building
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
L’Abeille des Préalpes
Julien Rouget is a man of adventure and a lover of the great outdoors. Originally from Brittany, Julien worked as a river guide in Canada for more than 10 years before he settled in Charmey, having fallen under the charm of the rugged, pristine landscape and vibrant social and cultural life of the Jaun valley.
As well as working for the resort’s ski lift company, TéléCharmey, Julien is an avid apiarist. He feels the deep connection with his adopted home most keenly when he is tending to his hives. Today, Julien lives in tune with the seasons and in harmony with his bees. The area around Crésuz, Cerniat and La Valsainte is an excellent habitat for bees. As the small hills and gentle slopes face in different directions, the wide variety of wildflowers that grow there bloom at different times, extending the feeding season for these prodigious pollinators.
L'Abeille des Préalpes is the name of the honey produced by Julien's bees. There are two types – spring and mountain honey – and b
Producer
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
L’Etivaz
The wood buildings of L’Etivaz, some of which date to the 16th century, bare witness to a rich architectural heritage. Spreading over 7 km in the Torneresse valley, you will find this charming hamlet of very old homes, in a pastoral setting.
The houses and their nearby barns/stables punctuate the bottom of the valley, where farmers and livestock, alike, pass the winter.
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Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Maison de L'Etivaz
Cheese and food sales. Organizes tours of cheese aging cellars. Reservations requested.
Community hall rental for parties and banquets.
Culture experience
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Mittelberg – Gastlosen Express
Du versant bernois au versant fribourgeois des Gastlosen
Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 45 minutesLength: 7.60km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Moléson – Neirivue
Between Gruyères and Intyamon
Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hours 25 minutesLength: 10.80km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Montbovon
Cited as early as 1255, Montbovon has long been a busy crossroads. Located along the Sarine, it is the junction of the roads of three worlds: the Gruyère, the Pays-d’Enhaut, and the Lake Geneva basin. This crossroads is also emphasized by the meeting of two railroads: Montreux Oberland Bernois (1903) and Transports Fribourgeois (1904), which brought modernity into these valleys.
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Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Montbovon - Allières
From Montbovon the trail ascends on the left side of the valley into a pretty little valley. This historical trail leads as far as the Pont du Pontet, one of the oldest bridges in the Canton of Freiburg (17th century).
Theme trailHiking trailOther routes
Time required: 1 hour 30 minutesLength: 4.20km
