Sport: Étroubles

Altitude: 2,415 m
Location: Menouve Valley
Sleeping places: 16
Open: always open
Difficulty: E
Trail sign: 20B
Ascent: 2h30 from Prailles
Coordinates UTM-WGS84: EAST 362967
Coordinates UTM-WGS84: NORTH 5081688

Equipment:
located at the foot of Mont Vélan (3,710m), along the itinerary of the Alta Via no. 1 and the Tour des Combins, it sleeps 16 with bathroom, heater, kitchen, dining room and hydroelectric power unit.
The bivouac is open all year round, also in winter. A double steel door has been installed so please close it properly in order to avoid inconvenience.

Access:
Beyond residential Etroubles, from the State Road SS 27, take the fork on the right for Prailles, following the road signs. After a few km, you will come to a small car park (Prailles-Dessous) from where the dirt road that goes into the woodland of the Menouve Valley leaves. Once you leave the car, you will walk along the easy estate road that runs alongside the Menouve river for about 1h ignoring all bifurcations as far as a junction on the right with the signpost of the bivouac. Carry on along the small road on the right that heads down to the river (trail n. 20B), then cross it and head in the direction of the mountain pasture Arvus (1983 m) on the right. Follow the path behind the mountain pasture that with hairpin bends heads up the steep slope until it crosses over a fork, here keep to the right (trail sign 20B) and you will come to a crossroads with trail n. 21. From here take the path that leads up on the right passing some crags and shortly leads to the bivouac that is not visible from the path because it is in a depression, but marked with a stone cross located on the highest part of the valley.

The sports centre is provided with 2 lighted synthetic tennis courts in the evenings on request (equipment can be rented), 1 five-a-side football court (available by reservation and illuminated in the evening on request), 1 mini basketball court on asphalt, the use is free, a small indoor fitness room and changing room.
Hours: open from 15 June to 15 September and available by reservation.

It starts from the sports area of ​​Etroubles, runs through the beautiful conifer forest on the right orographic side of Artanavaz, touching the picnic area and campsites of Saint-Oyen and continues along the stream.
It then moves to the left orographic side to climb to the locality of Saint-Léonard and then descend along the Via Francigena itinerary to Saint-Oyen and finally return to the starting point in Etroubles.

The route is feasible in both directions and in the absence of snow.

Length: 13 km
Duration: 3.30 hours

The walk runs from Etroubles to Saint Oyen along the river. The flat trail reaches the location Prenoud in Saint Oyen where you can find also a pic nic ara.

There are 15 pieces of gym equipment along the route. It is a relaxing walk in the woods suitable for everyone and short (about 30 minutes).

In winter the route is a cross-country ski trail.

In Flassin, the playground offers a “playful” alternative to skiing, even for those who don’t know how to ski but still want to have fun in the snow. The park covers an area of ​​about 5 hectares near the Foyer de Fond. Inside you can play various recreational activities suitable for both children and adults.
The playground is served by a treadmill and there are:
a track for dinghies (snow tubing)
a track for Airboard
a track for snow bikes (Snow Bike and Ski Fox)
a track for sledges
a bobsleigh track
A second 70-metre-long conveyor belt that rotates at a speed of 0.60 m/s and with a capacity of 1,000 p/h serves an area dedicated to children who can slide on the snow with soft puppets in the shape of animals, cars and dinghies, a giant inflatable slide, a carousel and a pagoda have also been installed in the area where mothers can warm up and supervise the children at play.dren.

Open from 25th  May to 14th October 2024

Riserva turistica del Consorzio Pesca (governmental and daily licences are compulsory).
The Torrente Artanavaz fishing reserve is about 3 km long. It starts from the carriage bridge which is close to the confluence with the Saint-Rhémy streams in the hamlet of Cerisey and ends right before the town of Etroubles, at the water plug in the hamlet of L’Ilette.

Fishing is permitted seven days a week in the game fisheries managed by the fishing consortium.

Information on season dates, costs and permit issue locations: Consorzio Regionale Pesca.