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Keeping the mountains open to all let's respect all uses

  1. Winter home
  2. Accessible mountains in summer
  3. Immersion in the mountain pastures
  4. Let’s respect the mountain pastures

The resort of Les Saisies has grown and developed at the center of an exceptional natural heritage. Between the alpine pastures of this beautiful cow mountain and its protected nature reserve unfolds a tourist activity with strong economic stakes for an entire territory and its population.
The actors and technicians of Les Saisies bear this double challenge of maintaining a vital activity while reasoning its impact on the spaces to be preserved.

The Les Saisies resort adapts by continuing to preserve its environment, which is its 1st attraction.

Early in 2011, SPL Domaines Skiables des Saisies chose to follow ISO 14001 certification. This voluntary approach demonstrates the company’s environmental management and recognizes the efforts made to protect the environment. Other specific tools are deployed, such as the Les Saisies environmental observatory or Nordic snow preservation techniques with snowfarming.

The destination’s elected representatives are committed to gradually limiting road access to the summits to private vehicles. The success of eco-citizen litter-picking days is spurring new activities to get visitors on board, in the process of cleaning up areas.

Initiatives are multiplying: Les 10 commandements du randonneur (The hiker’s 10 commandments) will be published in the summer of 2021 to share good practices and preserve natural areas together. A whole range of signage covers the must-sees of summer, from the marmot colony to wild camping, and prevention signage is also being deployed.

A whole range of signage is being deployed.

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    The mountains: a place where people live together

    This summer, you’ll be moving into the mountains, where a multitude of activities take place: hiking, farming, mountain biking, pastoralism…To keep the mountains open to all, it’s necessary to respect all uses.

     

    Don’t forget that farmers operate the mountain pastures you may be passing.

     

    To respect their work and preserve the flora and fauna,stay on marked paths and don’t cross pastoral farms.

     

    By the way, did you know that the hill reservoirs used in winter for snow production are used by farmers in summer?
    They enable them to access water more easily and thus reduce numerous tractor journeys.

     

    Also, a team of ATV patrollers plays an awareness-raising role on the trails to facilitate cohabitation, so don’t hesitate to ask them!”

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    Meeting with farmers

    Agriculture is a vital part of our economy and helps preserve our environment.
    Meetings with the resort’s farmers help foster dialogue, understand the issues of cohabitation and water sharing between the ski area and agro-pastoral players.

    In summer, a team of mountain bike patrollers plays an awareness-raising role with the general public to facilitate cohabitation.
    They also work by listening to encourage cohabitation between pastoral activities and leisure practices on the territory.

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    Reconciling economic development and environmental protection

    The development of certain ski slopes has enabled the rehabilitation of mountain pastures that were no longer in use, such as in the Combe de Douce.

    Moreover, the use of water for artificial snow enables farmers to access water via the networks of hill reservoirs and avoids unnecessary tractor journeys.
    This profession contributes to the upkeep of our territory thanks to the farmers who play the role of landscapers.

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