What to Visit Near Serre-Ponçon, Parc National des Écrins
We’re moving to Kascan de Lais. This is Kascan where you need to make a wish and this is what I’m going to do. Kadis is located in P National which covers 925 square kilometers with over 150 peaks above 3,000 m and one of them be deang at 4,12 m. This is France’s biggest summit after Mlang. I think we can already see the cascad from here. So, I’m going to show you. Hold on just a sec. Cheru have found some um yumi on the way and I don’t want to know what was it. So, I decided to leash the doggo for the rest of the path. At least temporary indeed. I see. Uh-huh. This park is third place where you can see unique mountain phenomena called the moafu. But this is the story for another video. Is helping. He’s pulling me. By the way, the drone flying is strictly prohibited throughout the park. There’s only one small designated area where filming is allowed. And despite the good road access to this area, reaching the waterfall itself will definitely make you sweat. [Music] This cascadant has a legend. There was a guy, a shepherd who was living in the cliff. And this guy, he was too lazy to go to the forest to fe. So he was feing right from there. Being right from there, from the cliff. You see this? Yoohoo. There. Then the mountain spirits, they got a bit pissed off by this. And they turned this shepherd into this beautiful cascad so that he could pee forever from this cliffh but the thing stays the next this guy he was kind and hard just a bit lazy maybe a little bit like all of us and uh so now if you come to this kascad if you’re too lazy to go for your dreams but you’re dreaming of something you can touch the waters of with Kascad and make a wish and this guy will make it will make it happen. Maybe not tomorrow, maybe not even this year because the guy was lazy, but that will definitely happen. So, here we are and I’m going to touch the waters of this cascad. Let’s see if the guy will make our wish come true someday. We don’t know when. Well, I’m not sure if you can see the shepherd here, but that would be great luck if you will meet Alpin Abbeex instead. This mountain goats were hunted to near extinction by the 1970s, but the park successfully reintroduced them from 1989 to 1995, and now they are thriving again on this cliffs. Unfortunately, we were not that lucky and we didn’t meet any of them. This is the end. So, they died. We were late to come back. My shoes got destroyed. And while walking in complete darkness, we recall that lynx and wolves are coming back to the region from the Italian side. Both species has been extinct here for over a century. And now they are quietly reclaiming after their ancient territory. Well, good thing to remember when you’re going back home in a complete dark far away from any living city. So, National Park Emperon area. And if you’re here, pack your backpacks and just go there and make a wish at Cascad Lais. Maybe this shepherd will make it come true. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]
I made a wish at the legendary Cascade de la Piss waterfall in France – and you won’t believe what happened next. This 100-meter waterfall has a bizarre legend about a shepherd… let’s just say the name isn’t a coincidence.
We hiked to this hidden gem in Parc National des Écrins, France’s second-largest national park. The park covers 925 km² with over 150 peaks above 3,000m – including Barre des Écrins (4,102m), France’s highest summit after Mont Blanc.
🏔️ WHAT WE DISCOVERED:
The peeing shepherd legend (yes, really)
Alpine ibex success story – reintroduced after near extinction
Wolves and lynx returning from Italy after 100+ years
Why hiking back in complete darkness was… interesting
📍 LOCATION:
Cascade de la Piss, Châteauroux-les-Alpes
Parc National des Écrins, Hautes-Alpes, France
20 minutes from Lac de Serre-Ponçon
⚠️ TIPS:
Despite good road access, reaching the waterfall requires a proper hike
No drone flying allowed (strict park rules)
Don’t underestimate the return journey – we learned the hard way
Wildlife is real – lynx and wolves are back!