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Pissieu Fall

Le Châtelard Ouvert
© Pissieu Fall - Didier Gourbin/Grand Chambéry

An easy and refreshing walk to the superb waterfall and its source. The site is accessible all year round and is particularly spectacular after periods of heavy rain or melting snow.

Description

Pissieu Waterfall forms just downstream from a source into which most of the rainwater and snow-melt drains into off the Margériaz Plateau. It is created from a karst resurgence of water from the so-called "Vauclusian source"; i.e. the largest source of resurgence water in the whole of France. Beneath the entrance to the source, a submerged underground network plummets to a depth of 50 metres before making its way back up towards the Margériaz Plateau.
Up to now, 79km of underground networks have been identified under the Margériaz Plateau, including the 'Tanne du Cochon' network, which has an elevation difference of 825 metres between its starting point on the plateau and its resurgence at Le Pissieu.

You can get to the waterfall either via the car park by the 'Pont sur le Nant d'Aillon' (bridge over the Nant d'Aillon river) on the road between the villages of Attilly and Le Villaret Rouge, via the swimming lake in Le Châtelard or via Les Iles du Chéran Outdoor Activities Centre car park. The itinerary passes close to the "Chèvrerie des Tannes et Glacières", a goat farm producing mohair.

Environnements

  • In the country
  • Riverside
  • Forest location

Itinéraire

  • Distance n/c
  • Type d'itinéraire Aller/retour
  • Dénivelé positif 50m
  • Dénivelé négatif 50m
  • Durée journalière 01h00
  • Itinéraire balisé Oui
  • Précision balisage Yellow and green signposted route.
  • Nature du terrain Ground, Grit, Not suitable for strollers
  • Altitude moyenne n/c
  • Altitude maximum n/c

Localisation

Animaux

Animaux acceptés : Oui

Thèmes

Pissieu Fall
Parking au niveau du Pont sur le Nant d’Aillon 73630 Le Châtelard
  • Durée journalière 01h00
  • Dénivelé positif 50m
  • Dénivelé négatif 50m
  • Type d'itinéraire Aller/retour