Le Chasseron

Summit · canton of Vaud · 1607 m

Ridge of the Vaud Jura, above Sainte-Croix, with a view of the Alps and the Swiss Plateau.

From the basket

Above Sainte-Croix, in the Vaud Jura, the Chasseron looks down along a lengthy ridge on Yverdon and the end of Lake Neuchâtel. It peaks at 1607 metres. From the balloon you see the whole Swiss Plateau on one side, more than a thousand metres below, and the wooded hollows of the Jura on the other.

Its ridge, running from north-east to south-west, continues in further humps, the Cochet and the Petites Roches. At the foot of the summit the village of Bullet clings to the slope. Farther north opens the Val de Travers, and to the south-west the Suchet and the Aiguilles de Baulmes jut up.

The landscape is that of the high Jura: open pastures on the crests and dark forests on the slopes. In clear weather the eye races over the Swiss Plateau as far as the great chain of the Alps.

Make a loop above the ridge, then let the wind carry you towards Lake Neuchâtel, shining to the north-east.

Did you know?

The name has travelled a great deal: Chausserunt in 1405, Sachiron, Secheron, then Sucheron, before becoming Chasseron. One lead links “Secheron” to the dryness of its crest, bare and often beaten by the wind.

Sources: Wikipedia, “Le Chasseron”.

All around

• Lake Neuchâtel, 9 km to the south-east
• Creux du Van, 1463 m, 17 km to the north-east
• Dent de Vaulion, 1483 m, 23 km to the south-west