• Sport

La Pierre aux Lièvres

If you like stories and fairy tales, you'll love this alpine hike. A stone
steeped in history awaits you at the turn of the road. But who are the four
comrades that gave rise to the Peyra Levrousa legend?

Sport La Pierre aux Lièvres Aussois

About

Departing from Aussois (73500)
Average length : 01h00
Total elevation gain : 100m
Vertical drop : 100m
Distance : 2.3km
Signed walking trail
Animals allowed

As wayward grasshoppers tickle your calves, you can already hear the distant
whistle of the marmots, keeping a watchful eye on you. The gentle breeze
sweeps through the soft grass, silky as an angel's hair.
When spring breaks into summer, you look on delightedly as the bold young
lambs take their first tentative leaps. They seem to be showing you the way
to a rock that looks like it fell from the sky a long, long time ago!
You're off to meet four hares who took it upon themselves to carry a rock
on their backs and then throw it at the church bell tower! Frozen to the spot
and crushed by their enormous burden, what could have happened to them?
Can you find them by slipping under the rock?
Or, if you prefer to stay on the safe side, you can read a fascinating legend
that's stood the test of time. After satisying your curiosity, take a few deep
lungfuls of fresh air as you sit down to enjoy a delicious meal.

Loop
Total elevation gain : 100m
Altitude max : 2250m
Vertical drop : 100m

Signs

Mixed signposting (PR and GR)

Map references

Map and booklet "Walks and Hikes Haute Maurienne Vanoise" (sold for € 10 at the Tourist Office)

Topoguides references

Green route n°5

Prices

Free access.

Reception

Animals allowed
Languages of documentation : French
Not adapted to strollers

Pets allowed on leash only on this tour. Please note that the lifts are not suitable for pets.

Period of practice

From 15/05 to 15/10.
Accessible by ski lift in summer.

Subject to favorable snow and weather conditions.

Services
  • Pets welcome
  • Accessible via ski lift
Equipments
  • Parking

Access

Arrivée du télésiège du Grand jeu 73500 Aussois
Departing from : Aussois (73500)
Latitude : 45.248617 - Longitude : 6.734822

Departure point at the top of the Grand Jeu chairlift.
By bus: Line S52 - Maison d'Aussois stop
By car: parking lot just after Maison d'Aussois.
Variant: departure from Plan d'Amont parking lot.

Information update on 19/04/2024 by Communauté de communes Haute Maurienne Vanoise