The Cascade du Rouget — a dramatic waterfall above the village of Salvagny (near the better known Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval) — is a popular spot for visitors in the summer. Cars crowd into every available space by the side of the road, and people clamber on the rocks around the base of the waterfall. But not too close! Many parents hover about, ordering their children not to venture near the waterfall. Not Mary and I! Back in the days when we stopped at the Cascade du Rouget with William and Chloé after a hike up in the Vallée de Sales, we basically turned them loose and went for a coffee or ice cream at the nearby café. The children would eventually show up at the café, safe and sound but drenched from the spray of the waterfall, having had lots of fun.
It's much quieter at the Cascade du Rouget during the winter and spring. Deep snow covered the area when I snowshoed up to and beyond the waterfall in January. Today, most of the snow is melted at that elevation (ca. 1000 m.), so I enjoyed an easy walk along the trail — which is the GR5! I'll be back on this trail in the summer with Mary...
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