The Crozat chalet

Before the Second World War, and during high levels of Swiss and Italian migration, many pastures served to accommodate cattle from neighbouring countries. Herds of sheep, of which there were many between the two wars, and part of which were intended for sale in Geneva butcher shops, mainly grazed on the mountains south of the Crozet Pass. Today, sheep farmers are still active in the Jura mountains, like here, in the pastures of the Crozat chalet, where close to 600 animals graze during the summer.