Hiking the Bois d'Anelle circuit

This former "summer" area is evidenced by the numerous alpine barns built of larch wood, locally called "butières," which were used to store precious fodder in preparation for the long winters.
The sunny Ublan countryside, still maintained and irrigated (vegetable gardens, orchards, meadows), precedes an arid sheep pastureland before the cool, upper larch forest of the Anelle shady slope.
The northern slope of the Anelle peak offers several glimpses of the border range, notably Mount...