Belvedere of the Duchet

Perched 971 m high-up on the Bois de la Joux anticline, this belvedere overlooks the Anchey Combe (or the Prénovel-Les-Piards combe). According to geologists, this combe is a real combe, dug into the mountain by erosion. The mildness of the slopes is the result of the glaciers having deposited moraines. This combe is now used for hay fields.
The Nanchez forebay (or the Anchey forebay), which winds along the foot of the belvedere, has once more joined its meanderings since 2016, slowing flood flows and benefitting biodiversity and the rivers downstream.
From the north to the south, you will see various hamlets: Prénovel de Bise, les Belbenoîts, les Janiers (with the church), Les Fans and Les Berrods. To the south, you should be able to make out the village of Les Piards, where the houses are much closer together.