The Chaussy mountain chain : to each side its alpine economy.

In the middle of the Vaud prealpes, the Chaussy mountain chain invites us to discover the contrastes between its two sides.

On the Ormonts side, the south slope offers us an open geographical space dominating the high valley of the Grand-Eau. The exploiting of the mountain pastures has kept up its family character and its villages of small wooden chalets.

In the Pays-d’Enhaut, to the north, mountain chains separate the big pastures. As of the XVIIth century, cheese was made there to be exported and necessitated big chalets.

Denyse Raymond : Born and still lives in the Mosses, mountaineer and art historian. Author of the Préalpes-Chablais-Lavaux volume of the study on countryside houses of the canton of Vaud. Currently works for the Etude des maisons rurales du Valais.

Mary-Claude Busset-Henchoz : Was adopted by Ormon and now lives in Vers-L’Eglise. She studied history and history of local art and will be responsible for the future Ormonts Museum.