Take the road out of Godet and climb in hairpin bends up to the houses of La Tour. Here, the mountain trail leads on a level course into the debris field caused by rock avalanches dating back to the 18th century, also responsible for the formation of Derborence lake and a mainly untouched forest. Just before Derborence, a gentle downhill course leads to the hamlet. Here, a visit to the nature reserve, one of the last primeval mountain forests in Switzerland, is recommended.
Derborence has been immortalised by the novel of the same name by C.F. Ramuz, which tells the story of a local dairy farmer buried in the rockfall of 1749, who was recovered again after several months.
A bending trail continues through the wood up the Chevilletal valley. At the Grenier huts, cross the stream and a few hairpin bends take you uphill through a break in the rock to the plateau, from where it is just a short distance to the Cheville pass. Here, the rocky slopes of Les Diablerets are very impressive. The trial leads westward across meadowland directly to Anzeindaz, the stage destination.
(Schweizer Wanderwege).

Derborence On 23 September 1714, one of the southern rock towers of the Diableret peak tumbled down. Around 50 million cubic metres of scree and boulders thundered into the valley floor of Derborence, burying 14 alpine huts together with their inhabitants and cattle. Rock masses have every so often come loose, the last time in 1944. Scree and boulders from the rock fall of 1714 created an obstruction on the valley floor, blocking the Derbonne stream and creating a lake. Today, a small dam wall ensures that the lake does not dry out completely in summer. As the rock fall also blocked access to the woods on the opposite slope, the area was no longer farmed for around 250 years. Overturned trees lay rotting on the ground and bushes and young trees grew where the old giants had holes torn in their crowns. The oldest trees are around 350 years old and have reached a height of 45 metres and a trunk diameter of 160 centimetres. Thanks to conservationists, this forest has been placed under protection. The vegetation development can now be observed in this forest, scarcely influenced by man, which is rare in Switzerland. A storm in 1990 that wreacked devastating forest damage throughout Switzerland also uprooted trees here. Now it is also possible to observe how natural forests recover from such storm damage.
(Schweizer Wanderwege)