Hike along the Drize river / Bois du Milly (Geneva)
At the beginning of 2020, I went on a hike in Geneva: Starting from the Lancy-Bachet train station, I followed the Drize river until the border with Haute-Savoie, then walked back passing through Bois du Milly in Plan-les-Ouates.
Here is a map of the path I walked (download KML, download large map):
In the morning, I took a LIHSA bus (line T72) from Annecy to Lancy. It was my first time in Geneva since the opening of the Léman Express train line so I made a detour through the new Lancy-Bachet train station. I then headed to Collège de Staël nearby, where the Drize river goes underground: It then merges with the Aire river, which then flows (underground also) into the Arve. From the Collège, I followed a trail upstream along the river until Troinex. I then waked along the road, following more or less the course of the river. I arrived at the center of Troinex and found another trail along the Drize from there until the border. After that, I headed to the Verbant vineyard in Bardonnex. There was a good view from there. Finally, I walked through Bois du Milly (or Bois d’Humilly) and Étang de la Bistoquette on the way back to the Lancy-Bachet train station. I then took a Léman Express train back to Annecy.
Above, TPG station at Bachet-de-Pesay in Lancy.
Above, going underground at Gare de Lancy-Bachet.
Above, the train station is located at the exit of a tunnel that starts in Annemasse in Haute-Savoie.
Above, TPG headquarters.
Above, TPG bus depot of Bachet-de-Pesay.
Above, Drize river at the point where it goes underground.
Above, Lotus cars.
Above, Fondation Bruckner pour la promotion de la céramique.
Above, graffiti at the end of the trail along the Drize river.
Above, Salève.
Above, Centre Arménien de Genève.
Above, crossing the Drize again.
Above, menhirs.
Above, arriving at the center of Troinex.
Above, Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine.
Above, one of the sculptures by Ursula Malbin near the Troinex city hall.
Above, another trail along the river, towards the border.
Above, snow on the Jura.
Above, Salève.
Above, near the border.
Above, Petit Salève.
Above, Verbant vineyard in Bardonnex.
Above, Les Voirons in the distance.
Above, Commanderie de Compesières.
Above, greenhouse.
Above, Jet d’Eau and Lake Geneva.
Above, Téléphérique du Salève.
Above, Les Voirons.
Above, Capite sur Verbant.
Above, on the way to Bois du Milly.
Above, Bois du Milly.
Above, Nant de la Bistoquette.
Above, Étang de la Bistoquette.
Above, construction cranes at Quartier des Sciers.
Above, back at Bachet-de-Pesay.
Above, Léman Express train.
Above, down to the train platform of Gare de Lancy-Bachet.
Above, aboard the train.