This year’s institute outing on September 10 took us to the Gruyère region. Around three dozen employees from the institute met in Morlon near Bulle in Gruyère region in the morning to hike to Pringy via Broc and Gruyères by the evening.
Culinary stops at the Cailler chocolate factory in Broc and lunch at the Aérodrome restaurant in Epagny, as well as some cheese, fruit, and drinks in Gruyères, replenished the group’s energy reserves.
Thematic inputs on the formation of the landscape and landforms of the Gruyère region, such as the fluvio-lacustrine terrace of Broc or the hills of Gruyères created by differential glacial erosion, insights into population development, the economy and tourism, as well as the history and culture of the region rounded off the day.
Many thanks to the Geomorphology Unit for organizing the trip!
