サンジョルジュの湖・トップ17

Stunning section of riding above Lac Léman through hillside vineyards. The road has little traffic too!

Excellent first day with lots of climbing - Col de la Combe Blanche, Col de l'Aiguillon and a third smaller col between them. The views are wonderful and no cars on most sections with a few road parts that were not very busy.

It's really very beautiful, you really have to take the time to admire the panorama. It's quite popular. So drive peacefully, be courteous, give way to pedestrians and enjoy the scenery, see the beaches.

The Lac de Joux in the Vaud Jura is located at 1000m in the high valley of the same name (Vallée de Joux). The austere beauty and unspoiled nature of the high valley with its lake attracts numerous guests all year round, in summer mainly for water sports, biking and hiking and in winter for ice skating and cross-country skiing. Description Nestled between the Mont Tendre (1679m) and the heavily wooded Risoux chain, along whose ridge the border between Switzerland and France runs, the Lac de Joux is the largest body of water in the Jura massif. Known for its favorable wind conditions, the lake attracts many sailors and windsurfers, but is also suitable for rowing, water skiing and wakeboarding. Water temperatures between 18 and 24 degrees also attract many bathers. Extensive cycling and mountain biking routes as well as a wonderful network of hiking trails extend through the hilly natural paradise around the lake. Lac de Joux and the almost adjacent but much smaller Lac Brenet have no surface drainage: the water seeps underground and only comes to the surface again a few kilometers further on at Vallorbe. In July and August, a single scheduled boat runs on Lac de Joux every day from Le Pont at the northeast end of the lake for an afternoon round trip. In June and September, the boat only runs on Saturdays and Sundays. This makes the Lac de Joux shipping company one of the smaller ones in Switzerland and a trip on the lake a real rarity. In winter, the frozen lake becomes a huge ice rink and a paradise for ice skaters, but also for ice hikers. Otherwise, in winter, the Vallée de Joux is above all a limitless cross-country skiing paradise with around 200 kilometers of groomed trails in almost untouched nature. The Jura landscape with its rolling hills and extensive forests also offers excellent opportunities for wonderful snowshoe tours - even lasting several days - or fast-paced dog sledding.

Superb lake. Without the wind, we would surely have bathed !!

A wild forest and great point of view at the start of Lac de Joux

Nice hiking trail through the nature reserve of Le Sentier on Lac de Joux!

Platform at Lac de Joux. Great view over the lake in the nature reserve of Le Santier.