Du Casset au Lauzet par le chemin du Roy
Pour rejoindre le Monêtier-les-Bains, il suffit de suivre le chemin qui longe la Guisane (panneau). Le parcours est rapide et facile jusqu'aux Grands Bains du Monêtier. Suivre, alors le chemin qui longe la rivière et bifurquer à gauche dans la rue de la Grande Turière, puis, depuis la chapelle St-André, encore à gauche la rue de la Petite Turière et remonter jusqu'à la chapelle St-Pierre et la route de Grenoble que l'on traverse pour rejoindre la mairie. Là, la rue du château passe devant l'église et vous mène tout droit vers la Rotonde, prenez alors à droite la rue des mineurs et à gauche le chemin de Puy Chevalier. Suivre la direction du vallon de la Moulette (panneau). La rue se transforme rapidement en chemin qui continue à monter en direction de la forêt. Après avoir pénétré en forêt, prendre la première intersection à gauche toujours en direction du vallon de la Moulette (panneau). Le sentier monte doucement en lacets, passe devant une cabane et débouche sur le plateau des Conchiers où l'on prend à gauche en direction de la Moulette (panneau). Une fois au cœur du vallon, contourner le captage par la gauche en passant au pied de deux talus noirâtres -anciennes mines- jusqu'à rejoindre le Chemin du Roy balisé en rouge et blanc (GR50) que l'on prend vers la gauche. Le sentier est maintenant en balcon. Le suivre attentivement en ignorant les différents chemins à gauche et à droite. Il traverse, descend puis remonte un peu et finit par arriver aux chalets de l'Alpe du Lauzet. Après les chalets, prendre à gauche en direction du Pont de l'Alpe. Suivre le sentier qui longe le torrent puis descend vers la route et le Pont de l'Alpe. Pour rejoindre le Lauzet, il suffit de traverser la route et de s'engager sur le sentier de l'autre côté. (Panneau). Le hameau est juste en contrebas.

Lover of old stones
The rock sparrow is a sedentary bird. It generally settles in well-exposed, agricultural areas where there are lots of stones, stone terraces, ruins, piles of stones, old buildings. This southern sparrow can be found up to an altitude of 2000 m provided there is an open landscape and many mineral elements. It nests in the hole of a rock, in a wall and sometimes under the roof of a house. It will then mingle with the house sparrow. A sociable bird, it lives in small, dispersed colonies.

Whiskered bat
The whiskered bat is a dark-faced bat. It is quite common in certain mountain regions and is one of the most frequent species after it cousin the common pipistrelle. It likes trees, be they on the banks of a river or in the high altitude forests, but it is also possible to catch sight of them in gardens and villages such as the hamlet of Casset. This small mammal lives on flying insects and thus helps in controlling their numbers. Like all mammals, the female feeds her sole offspring with her milk.

Saint Claude’s church in Le Casset
With its disproportionately high spire, the Casset church never goes unnoticed. Its four-sided Comtois steeple was modelled on the collegiate church in Briançon. The church is listed as a Historic Monument and is placed under the protection of Saint Claude. In its present condition, it dates from the 18th century. The previous building was constructed prior to the 16th century. Inside, the eye is immediately attracted by the choir ogives, creating an intimate atmosphere, particularly since the unusually large spire does not suggest an interior of such a small size. The choir was rebuilt in 1716-1717, probably after the previous chapel burnt down. Traces from this period can be seen on the keystone. The wrought-iron choir gate has the inscription "HM 1717", a date that can also be seen in the apse, on the wrought iron railing of the impost of the axial window, and on the baptismal font.

The Serre Chevalier resort
At the edge of the Ecrins National Park, the Serre Chevalier ski resort extends over several towns and villages on the right bank of the Guisane, from Monêtier-les-Bains to Briançon. Founded in 1941 with the Chantemerle cable car, it has the biggest ski area in the southern Alps with 61 ski lifts on all levels from an altitude of 1,200 m to 2,830 m to Pic de l'Yret (Le Monêtier-les-Bains). The resort’s logo is an eagle, in reference to Baron Borel du Bez, Briançon’s representative in 1792 at the Legislative Assembly, which ruled France between 1792 and 1795, during the French Revolution. Le Bez is a hamlet in Villeneuve that was united with the Chantemerle ski resort in the 1970s.

Climbing on the left bank of the Guisane
While the right bank of the Guisane Valley and the high summits of Les Ecrins are a dream for mountain climbers, the Massif des Cerces, with its tall limestone rocks on the left bank, is a paradise for rock climbers. A large number of sites for all levels have been opened here since the 1930s. The Tour Termier opened the way, soon followed by Roche Robert, Roche Colombe and the famous Aiguillette du Lauzet. Multi-pitch climbs, beginners’ sites or via ferrata (the site in Le Lauzet was one of the first in France) - there is something for everyone. In summer, some car parks are packed and you can continually hear the clicking sound of snap hooks!

L'Alpe du Lauzet
L'Alpe du Lauzet is a mountain village at an altitude of 1,940 m, below the Aiguillette du Lauzet, which reaches 2,717 m, in the region of Monêtier-les-Bains. The village is aligned at mid-slope to avoid the avalanches that regularly fall into the bottom of the valley. The handful of houses were once used as summer pasture homes for the inhabitants of Le Lauzet in the Guisane valley. On the chapel door, a plaque recounts that five people were buried alive by an avalanche during the winter of 1892.