map free bus service - Crans

FREE BUS SERVICE
ENGLISH
(from 16 July to 21 August 2016)
Departure from Violettes:
9.12am, 9.30am, 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, noon,
12.30pm, 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm, 3.30pm, 4pm, 4.30pm, 5pm
Departure from Plumachit:
9.40am, 9.45am, 10.15am, 10.45am, 11.15am, 11.45am,
12.15pm, 12.45pm, 2.15pm, 2.45pm, 3.15pm, 3.45pm, 4.15pm, 4.45pm, 5.15pm
Shuttle bus with bike rack. The bus stops on request. Please indicate if you want the bus to stop.
Subject to change without notice. Please refer to the SMC timetables for connections.
Montana station: +41 27 481 23 48 - Sierre station: +41 27 455 15 72 - www.cie-smc.ch.
MAP
Hiking in Switzerland
Footpath
Bus route with stop
1
Cabane de la Tièche
2
Cabane des Gentianes
3
Cave du Sex
4
Espace Grandeur Nature
5
Mayen de la Cure
6
Plumachit
7
Relais de Colombire
Alp settlement
Cheese Dairy
Demonstration
Campfire
Place of interest
Waterfall
Vantage point
Parking
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Violettes | Barzette | Clairière | Aminona | Bif. Cave du Sex | Bif. rte des Alpages | Colombire | Plumachit
WEEKLY EVENTS
THURSDAY
WEDNESDAY
TUESDAY
MONDAY
Guided Activities | FREE*
FRIDAY
SPORTING AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
(from 16 July to 21 August 2016)
Restaurant suggestions
Come and taste
Plumachit's home
made tarts
Carpentry workshop
2.15pm - 4.15pm (26 July) | 10am - noon (9 and 16 August)
(minimum age 8, maximum of 12 people)
Hameau de Colombire
Family walks
10.15am - 2pm.
Lots of tips on how to find your way around the mountain
Bring a picnic lunch along. With a mountain guide.
Hameau de Colombire
How do you make cheese?
10am - 11am (21 July, 11 and 18 August)
2.15pm - 3.15pm (28 July and 4 August)
Hameau de Colombire
With a mountain guide.
Hameau de Colombire
Immerse yourself in the world of our ancestors by learning exactly how the mayens (chalets)
were constructed. Prices from CHF 4 to CHF 10. Open every weekend from 4 June to 25
September and every day from 16 July to 4 September from 10am to 5pm | 24.09: 20 years
of the Musée d’Alpage.
Programme of events, info and reservations: +41 79 880 87 88 – www.colombire.ch
Hiking
Peaceful terrace
with panoramic views
Cabane des Gentianes
The marmots wake up
Come and watch them;
they are never far
from the hut
Cabane de la Tièche
“Sunny Thursdays”
Wine tasting, raclette,
traditional dishes and music
Relais de Colombire
Don't miss out on the three Tièche waterfalls, the Bisse du Tsitorret, the peak of the Petit Mont
Bonvin, the Chemin du Soleil walking path towards Leukerbad, and the Pichiour waterfall.
Package “Back to our roots”
Discover the ways of the alpine country folk, stay the night in Colombire Hamlet and enjoy the
magnificent hike to Leukerbad.
Information and booking: +41 0848 22 10 12 - www.cransmontana.ch
Waterfall Adventure
Adventure course at 2000m altitude in the Tièche gorges. Zip wires, high ropes courses, abseiling,
suspension bridges, via ferrata induction courses, rope bridges...
Information and booking: +41 27 480 10 10 - www.adrenatur.ch
Wednesday tastings in a refuge
A trip leaving from la Cure followed by a tasting of regional produce at Vallon de la Tièche.
Every Wednesday from 20 July to 17 August. Price: CHF 50 per person (drinks included)
Information and booking: +41 27 481 04 98
Hiking, foraging and sampling edible wild plants
9.30am – 12.30pm
Eco-museum
Raclette every Friday
Cave du Sex
RESTAURANTS
SUNDAY
SATURDAY
Espace Grandeur Nature - Aminona
Café, information office,
terrace, meeting point
Espace Grandeur Nature
Hike with a husky
10am - noon, suitable for all
Espace Grandeur Nature
“Rural Sundays”
Festival day, BBQ, music,
games for kids (from 24.07)
Mayen de la Cure
* Free but reservation necessary: +41 0848 22 10 12
Each participant must have their own insurance covering accidents, repatriation and mountain rescue.
Crans-Montana Tourism and Congress, Colombire Hamlet, and the mountain guides accept no liability whatsoever
for any accidents during guided walks and at the carpentry workshops.
Café-bar with snacks, grocery shop and terrace.
Every day, 9am - 5pm (from 25.06 to 04.09).
Information and booking: +41 79 408 75 73
Le Relais de Colombire
From 1.06 to 30.06 and from 05.09 to 16.10,
10am - 5pm. Shut on Mondays. From 01.07 to
04.09: Every day, 10am - 6pm. In the evening,
on reservation for groups of 10 or more.
Information and booking: +41 79 220 35 94,
www.colombire.ch
Cabane de la Tièche
Open every day and every evening. Caretaker
24h/day. Information and booking: +41 79 221
00 68, www.cabane-tieche.ch
Mayen de la Cure
From 01.06 to 01.11, 9.30am - 6.30pm. Closed on
Tuesdays throughout June and October. In the
evening, on reservation for groups of 8 or more.
Information and booking: +41 27 481 04 98,
www.mayen-de-la-cure.com
Cabane des Gentianes
Du 25.06 au 25.09, les samedis et dimanches:
9h - 22h. En semaine et en octobre, sur réservation.
Info. et réservations: +41 79 408 75 73
Plumachit
From mid-June to mid-October, every day: 9am 8pm. Information and booking: +41 27 481 25 32
Cave du Sex
From 01.06 to 20.10, every day: 10am – 6.30pm.
Open evenings on reservation. Information and
booking: +41 76 526 57 95