Very nice hike starting from the resort, walk along the waterfall, cross the Louvet Cirque and reach Brouffier lake. Please stay on the main trail, as you enter a very rich but fragile area. Nature deserves being protected.
Start from the station walking to the waterfall. On the waterfall left side, take the trail going up. You'll quickly pass near the 3 protected climbing walls.
You reach a small trail (which is a way-out of the Waterfall via ferrata). Then take to the right tha small craggy trail leading to Louvet shed (where wolves used to stand), and microscopic Prévourey lake. Cross the vale to the end of the combe. A trail starts on the slope in line with the river. While the slope is getting less steep, the trail comes closer the torrent and crosses it. Only few switchbacks to reach the other bank, and a right-side traverse up to the spillway. Step by step, you enter the mineral floor of the mountain, and finally reach to Brouffier lake. Take the same way to get down until PRévourey, and follow the left-side trail to get down on the other side of the waterfall.
10 km
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max. 2138 m
min. 1364 m
790 m
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Styles : HikingMountainTrainingTerroir Public : FamilyOccasional hikersExperienced hikers |
Lake-facing hut, very beautiful landscape views.The hut is intended solely for pastoral activity in the summer season.
Very well located hut, with beautiful scenery. Local pastoralism remains .The Louvet's hut is very basic and offers the same comfort as usual in mountain huts, it is a clean and safe place. On the ground floor there is a wood stove and a table with 2 benches. On the first floor there is a sleeping place for a small group. You will find water on a basin near the hut. We recommend up to bring matches and small candles to light your evening. Be sure to take back all your trash with you, there is no toilets and you are in a protected natural area, please keep this in mind.
The waterfall is a favorite place for children and families, start point for hiking, places to picnic, via ferrata, climbing walls, nice to play in the water stream. In winter it´s a beautiful view of snow and ice.The waterfall is a central place in nature, start point to hiking excursions, via ferrata, picnic places near the car and accessible to all. It´s an ideal place to share a family moment, haven of peace and rest, the waterfall is a great place place. In winter, the waterfall is usually getting ice with its blue color. Please note nearby, there is a small building, it´s an old hydraulic sawmill supplied by a metal tube in place. This old mechanical sawmill was in operation until 1932.
High altitude lake accessible from the waterfall of l'Alpe du Grand Serre and then the Louvet, fishing is possible. Pretty shed nearby.Lake Bouffier is accessible by several routes, it´s one of the landmarks of the station. Among mountain pastures, it´s likely to listen to the whistling marmots living in this idyllic place. Paradise for fishermen and hikers, it is very easy to reach this beautiful area . Please keep walking on pathes, and don't walk too much on the lake's banks. You are in a very rich but fragile area. Fario trout and rainbow trout presence, AAPPMA Grenoble manager
Beautiful lake in the middle of a cirque of magnificent mountains. Many animals have chosen to live here, many flowers blooming, a place to contemplate.The lake is located in the middle of a beautiful meadow by the river Gulliman, Prévourey Lake is one of the jewels of Taillefer massif. Ecologically rich, home to a multitude of plants and flowers that give the Taillefer the name the Dauphiné's garden. It´s a perfect walk destination for everyone, with either easy or difficult routes, Easily reachable, even for families with pushchairs. Please don´t go off the path, and don't walk too much on the lake's banks. You are in a very rich but fragile area, Protect nature, it deserves it.
Impetuous mountain torrent, particularly beautiful and cold, nice to go fish and designed to get introduced to canyoning with a perfect track perfect for beginner.The Guilliman is born at Brouffier Lake which feed it throughout the year. It gets down in an abrupt way to the station creating many nice waterfalls. It digs a fold in the Prévourey cirque and houses the famous waterfall via ferrata, easily accessible for family. Then its profile gets smoother on the plateau of the pass, before diving to the Romanche valley on Sechilienne side. It´s very popular among hikers as well as local fishermen. In short, it's a nice, wild, impetuous and alive mountain stream! Near the waterfall in the village, you can see an old mechanical sawmill that was feeded by the torrent and has stopped working since 30's.
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