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Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Chambéry
Apremont

Granier Pass – Pointe de la Gorgeat loop from Col du Granier

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France
Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Chambéry
Apremont

Granier Pass – Pointe de la Gorgeat loop from Col du Granier

Hard

4.6

(49)

481

hikers

Granier Pass – Pointe de la Gorgeat loop from Col du Granier

03:18

8.27km

440m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 19, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 4.93 km for 367 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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42 m

Granier Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

A classic. Once at the pass, either continue in the Chartreuse massif or go down in the vineyards of Apremont and around Lake Saint-André.

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2

983 m

Magnificent view of the Granier, the Belledonnes and the Bauges

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3

2.69 km

Beautiful view

Highlight • Other

Beautiful road through meadow with a view of chartreuse massif. Drinking fountain available

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4

2.90 km

5

3.03 km

Fossils

Highlight (Segment) • Other

Segment of around a hundred meters with fossils on the slab on the left going up

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6

4.49 km

Pointe de la Gorgeat

Highlight • Summit

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.

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7

5.26 km

Mount Joigny

Highlight • Summit

Superb panorama on the Chartreuse.

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7.80 km

Viewpoint

Viewpoint

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8.27 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.86 km

3.64 km

659 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.23 km

2.72 km

230 m

< 100 m

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Comments

September 10, 2022,Mont Joigny, Apremont (73) - France
A beautiful loop very accessible with superb views from the parking lot of the Col du Granier.

~ 8km / 500 d+.

connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/9578502653

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