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On foot · Vaud Alps · July 2026

Villars, Saype's frescoes

A morning that began at the dentist and ended on the ridges: two giant frescoes by Saype, a baby stoat and the Chamossaire swing.

Date
July 2026
Distance
7.8 km
Elevation gain
916 m
Walking time
2 h 18 min
Lac de Bretaye

The route · indicative

The route

Painting on grass

From the Roc d'Orsay, up to the Col de Soud and the golf course, among the golfers, with Saype's first fresco painted right onto the slope. On the way, a baby stoat watches us from a hole in a wall. A magical moment.

Then Lac de Bretaye, the second fresco already fading, and a detour over the Chamossaire and its giant swing to reach nine hundred metres of climbing. Down by gondola before the forecast storm.

Saype fresco on the hillside
Chalet and summer flowers
Fireweed in bloom
Baby stoat in a wall
Lac de Bretaye
Christian facing the chairlift
Second fresco under the chairlift
View towards the Dents du Midi
Giant swing on the Chamossaire
Cow on the ridge