Les Prés-d'Orvin – Chasseral

Parc régional Chasseral - A relatively gentle but continuous uphill hike from Les Prés-d'Orvin to the summit of the Chasseral following the ridge and through typical forests and wooded pastures. Panoramic views, alpine flora and the Chasseral antenna are on the menu.

From the bus stop, the route climbs gently towards the "Place Centrale", first on a road and then through forest and wooded pastures.

The semi-open pastures of the Chasseral massif and a large part of the geological Jura offer very pleasant landscapes to the eye: neither too closed to give a feeling of oppression, nor too open to limit the feeling of infinity. These wooded pastures, the visual signature of the region, are always the result of human labour.

Over the centuries, agricultural pioneers cleared the forests on the slopes of the massif in order to graze their animals in the cleared areas.

Today, the evolution of agriculture, such as the reduction in the number of heifers being driven into the mountains, is leading to a gradual disappearance of this environment. The forest is gaining ground or, on the contrary, the trees are disappearing little by little. The landscape interest of this environment, shaped by human activity, justifies management measures such as clearing the brush, reopening the woodland or planting young trees.