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Allières - Les Avants

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Time required: 3 hours 10 minutesLength: 9.20 km

Season

All season

Contact

Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut
Place du Village 6
1660 Château-d'Œx
Tel. +41 (0)848 110 888

www.gruyerepaysdenhaut.ch

Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut - The trail starts with the ascent to the Col de Jaman. It leads up over alpine meadows. The alpine huts have traditional shingle roofs. The trail then descends again to the village of Les Avants.

Route-information

Route-information

Length
9.20 km
Vertical heigth
35 m
Altitude difference ascent
585 m
Altitude difference descent
622 m
Time required
3 hours 10 minutes
Level technique
Easy
Level condition
Middle
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Arrival

Starting point
Allières (Altitude: 1005 m)
Arrival by public transport
Allières Timetable SBB
Destination
Les Avants (Altitude: 970 m)
Arrival by public transport
Les Avants Timetable SBB

Suitable for

The offer is suitable for

  • Adults
  • Children from 7-12 years
  • Children >12 years
  • Families

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Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Funiculaire Les Avants-Sonloup

On July 8th, 1910 the idea for the funicular was born. Working at a frantic pace, civil workers completed the funicular in just 5 months. The track runs for 531 meters at an impressive slope of 54.5%. To make all this possible three works of art we...

Living tradition
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Hamlet of Allières

Allières with its inn (former cabaret), is located on the Jaman Pass mule trail.

Site
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Col de Jaman

Despite the route's dangers and sometimes questionable condition, this path had two big advantages: it was the shortest route between the Pays-d’Enhaut, the Gruyères, and Léman (Lake Geneva), and it was passable almost year-round. It was also an imp...

Natural monument
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

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,...

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