Lauzon Lake

9 points of interest

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  Flora

  The different environments

  From an altitude of between 1600 m to 2450 m, this itinerary invites you to cross different kinds of environment. Blueberry bushes and rhododendrons on the minerals of the scree slope, the green larch pastures, and this trip will be punctuated by different environments with their specific flora and fauna. 

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  Geology and geography

  Glacial Polish

  Glacial polish is a rocky surface that has undergone erosion by a glacier. On the site, it is composed of gneiss, hard massive rock resulting from the crystallization of quartz, feldspar and partially melted micas. Striations enable the sense of the movement of the rock debris set in the ice to be seen. In the fractured parts of the rock, fragments of rock have been pulled off by the ice. This phenomenon is called “sub-glacial cutting”.

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  Water

  « Voile de la Mariée » Waterfall

  The Lauzon torrent runs over the retaining wall of the glacier and falls in successive waterfalls into the Gioberney glacial trough across the steepest walls of the Bancs de la Pisse. The lower waterfall spreads out like a bridal veil. The Lauzon torrent merges a few hundred meters further with the Gioberney torrent. This celebrity willingly accepts to be photographed... Its beautiful cascades will provide you with a memorable souvenir. 

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  Fauna

  Alpine Ibex

  The Ibex was reintroduced to the Champoléon valley in Champsaur between 1994 and 1995. Since 1999, the Ibex have come to colonize the slopes of Gioberney and are slowly progressing towards the bottom of the valley. Some have been observed above the rif du Sap, at Olan and also at the level of Lauzon lake. From the 30 individuals initially released, there is now a population of 300 individuals.

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  Lake

  Lauzon Lake

  Lauzon Lake is a glacial trough. During the maximum glacier Würm, 10 000 years ago, the ancient glacier dug a basin in the fractured migmatized gneiss by a North-South fault. It is called the « lawn lake » because it is subjected to clement climatic conditions with 4 or 5 months of thaw. In these waters, aquatic vegetation is very present, which translates a large biological productivity.

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  Panorama

  A look at Lauzon

  The site of Lauzon, close and accessible, offers an easy opportunity to live in the mountains... From sunrise, enjoy the view of the Gioberney cirque and the reflection of the Sirac in the lake. It is at dawn and dusk that the site shows it strength with happy suprize meeting with fauna (as long as you know how to be patient and discreet).

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  Flora

  Marsh Violet

  The Marsh Violet grows, as its name indicates, in humid places and most particularly in the bogs. In Spring, this little violet 5 to 15 cm high flowers with its five violet-grey petals... Like all the plants in humid environments, the principal threat is the education or disappearance of this type of environment. 

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  Flora

  Bottle sedge

  The Bottle Sedge, with the Latin name carex rostrata is a perennial plant, which means that its growing period lasts several years.. A typical bog plant, it can also live beside ponds. The ear (20 à 80 cm high) is composed of several spikelets, male (at the bottom) and female (at the top). It flowers between the months of May and July.

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  Geology and geography

  The transitional bog

  The bog is a particular kind of environment, by definition it produces peat. The one at this site is said to be in "transition", which means that it is in an intermediary stage in the process of the bog. This humid, acidic area has the appearance of a spongy carpet of sphagnum, a plant full of water close to the moss family. Because of difficult local conditions only a few insects colonize it, and only those species that are specially adapted: very small mosquitoes and other flies...