Navette Valley
Description
A lovely family walk to discover the history Navette hamlet and the Buchardet waterfall.At the Fouronnière car park, cross the stone bridge, then a second wooden one at the end of a short climb, to get to the ruins of Navette village. Cross Navette and continue on the path through the forest of Larch then Spruce, to rapidly reach the Buissard prairie. At its end, Buchardet waterfall reveals itself on the left. A small steep track enables you to better approach it. Cross the torrent on the wooden bridge and follow on in to the Larch forest taking a stone-walled path (via clause) before redescending to cross the Navette torrent and pass to the other side of the valley. At the crossroads, take a right to return to the Fouronnière car park by an elevated path overlooking the Navette torrent.
Technical informations
4.4 km
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max. 1409 m
min. 1285 m
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Altimetric profile
Starting point
Additional information
Departure
Fouronnière
Ambiance
On a hot summer’s day, on a shaded path, the ruins of the Navette hamlet, its restored chapel, ancient farmed terraces newly reforested and the « via clause » elevated path are there to evoke the charm of another time.
Access
At 21 km from St Firmin on the D58, then the D985a until the Chapel turn right, on to a narrow road, in the direction of the Portes hamlet then reach Fouronnière. Between Portes hamlet and Fouronnière, access is via an unsurfaced track.
Advised parking
Fouronnière
Herd protection dogs
In mountain pastures, protection dogs are there to protect the herds from predators (wolves, etc.).When I hike I adapt my behavior by going around the herd and pausing for the dog to identify me.Find out more about the actions to adopt with the article "Protection dogs: a context and actions to adopt".Tell us about your meeting by answering this survey.
Is in the midst of the park
The national park is an unrestricted natural area but subjected to regulations which must be known by all visitors.
