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In winter, when snow is abundant, the road linking Les Avants to Sonloup, in the heights of Montreux, is closed and you can enjoy more than 2.5 km of toboggan run! Please note that on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, the track is open at night until 10 pm. A delight for family tobogganing in complete safety. To go up between 980 and 1,200 m, you can take the magnificent funicular for 6 minutes, straight up from another era. Just for this little jewel of the Belle Époque, we appreciate the expedition.

Descend along the Route des Avants in the direction of Glion to the Bridel bridge, which crosses the Baye de Montreux. At the end of the bridge, an unmarked path leads off to the left and climbs through the woods. It joins a small road, which you take down to a hairpin bend. At the end of a chain-linked track, a path joins the torrent des Vaunaises. Cross it. You now follow a path, still in the forest. Stay on the upper path until you reach a passage over a torrent. Immediately afterwards, take the path that climbs above the main trail to reach the Hauts de Caux. You'll come out of the woods behind a group of chalets. Here, you can either take the train to Montreux, or continue on foot: skirt the Caux palace and follow the road to a staircase (yellow markings). Then, via the Chemin du Tremblex, join the cogwheel railway. From here, the path descends to Glion. Allow around 30 minutes to reach Glion, via a staircase leading down to the village center. Leave the village in the direction of Les Avants, via the Chemin de Mottalettaz, which continues along a forest path to the Relais des Trois Chemins. Follow the path to the Sonzier-Glion road. Cross the stone bridge. At the bend, a gravel path opens up on the left. Near a large waterfall, the path begins to rise and passes by a detached house. The path then climbs steadily through the forest to Les Avants.