• Sport

Moulin - Le Villaret par la Tachonière (Boucle)

A little-used pastoral track which bypasses Peisey by the bottom, rather fresh. Old access roads to the most "industrial" village (mills, forges, anthracite mines) in the valley.

Sport Moulin - Le Villaret par la Tachonière (Boucle) Peisey-Vallandry

About

Departing from Peisey-Vallandry (73210)
Average length : 02h00
Total elevation gain : 203m
Distance : 3.9km
Animals allowed

Start from the smallest car park in Moulin, route des Mouilles.
A short descent to a peat bog. Then turn right onto the road that runs flat to the Tachonière. Remarkable point: the enormous erratic block (put there by a glacier) of the Tachonière. (A tachon: old name for the badger) Walk around the big boulder: Sainte Barbe oratory (installed in 1962), patron saint of miners. Cross the road, which is a bit tricky because of the poor visibility: go up the road for 20 metres and cross it: continue along the path up to Villaret, at the lowest point of the village, where the old tanneries used to be.
The return is done by going up the village of Villaret to the chapel St Pierre and taking the GR5 to Moulin, crossing all Peisey.
If you want to do only the completely flat part (pushchair or big senior), you can park at La Tachonière upstream of the communal garages and head south to Moulin and back.
This loop can of course be done in the other direction!

Loop
Total elevation gain : 203m
Altitude max : 1330m
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    Start from the smallest car park in Moulin, route des Mouilles.
    A short descent to a peat bog. Then turn right onto the road that runs flat to the Tachonière. Remarkable point: the enormous erratic block (put there by a glacier) of the Tachonière. (A tachon: old name for the badger) Walk around the big boulder: Sainte Barbe oratory (installed in 1962), patron saint of miners. Cross the road, which is a bit tricky because of the poor visibility: go up the road for 20 metres and cross it: continue along the path up to Villaret, at the lowest point of the village, where the old tanneries used to be.
    The return is done by going up the village of Villaret to the chapel St Pierre and taking the GR5 to Moulin, crossing all Peisey.
    If you want to do only the completely flat part (pushchair or big senior), you can park at La Tachonière upstream of the communal garages and head south to Moulin and back.
    This loop can of course be done in the other direction!

    Prices

    Free of charge.

    Reception

    Animals allowed
    Languages spoken : French
    Suitable for strollers

    Period of practice

    All year round.

    Services
    • Pets welcome

    Access

    Le Chalet 73210 Peisey-Vallandry
    Departing from : Peisey-Vallandry (73210)
    Latitude : 45.539707 - Longitude : 6.759939

    Departure from the Chapelle de Moulin with the possibility of parking at the top

    Information update on 11/03/2024 by Office de Tourisme de Peisey Vallandry