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!
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.
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 …
Mount Margériaz rises to an altitude of 1794 meters. It is an exceptional site, between mountain pastures and forests dotted with tannes. The tannes are deep pits, often hidden by …
It is a summit of the Massif de la Chartreuse located at an altitude of 1,486 meters. From there, there is a superb view of the Chartreuse mountains and the plain of Chambéry.
Now popular with paragliders who use its slopes to take off; the elliptical Grand Jouet summit reveals the presence of a castle mound, undoubtedly the original site of the village …
From Le Bourget du Lac, the Signal du Mont du Chat is an iconic climb in the Jura Mountains. 13.5 kilometers long, it is nevertheless classified as an "hors catégorie" …