The Nivolet cross is visible from afar in the Chambéry region. There are several accesses with different levels of difficulty.
The view - everyone agrees - is phenomenal!
La Cochette is part of the mount which adjoins it further north, Mount Outheran. This is an excellent hike for the family from Côte Barrier or Saint-Jean-de-Couz!
On the pass, there was, among other things, a chapel, a source and a kind of altar with a cross, the latter being still more or less intact on the way.
From a protruding rock slab you have a breathtaking view of the lake and to the west - perhaps the most beautiful view of Mont Grelle. But a lot of hikers know this, so you often meet other people here.
Nice view over the highest peaks of the Chartreuse, especially to neighboring Mont Granier. The mountain was the site of one of the most devastating rockfalls in the Alps in …