Hike around Mont Veyrier & Mont Baron
In the winter of 2020, I went on a hike around Mont Veyrier and Mont Baron.
Here is a map of the path I walked:
In the morning, I walked to the trailhead at the Petit Port in Annecy-le-Vieux. I then followed a trail towards Mont Rampignon, like for a previous hike to the summits of Mont Veyrier and Mont Baron. After going around Mont Rampignon, instead of going up to Col du Pré Vernet, I took a trail in the forest called Sentier du Milieu on the IGN map. It started as a dirt road used for forest management then became a narrow trail then it disappeared… At that point, I walked up off-trail to reach the large Route Forestière du Mont Baron, a dirt road that leads to the viewpoint of the old Mont Baron cable car (Ancien téléphérique du Mont Baron). There was a great view from there, on Lake Annecy, as well as the Bornes mountains. I then went down using the steep trail towards Col des Contrebandiers and continued in the forest until Chalet du Talabar. On the way, I met a fox! After Talabar, I found the standard trail to get down to the lake and waited for sunset.
▲ Paddleboarder at the Petit Port, with the Impérial Palace hotel in the background.
▲ Beginning of the trail.
▲ Around Mont Rampignon.
▲ Forest management machine on Sentier du Milieu.
▲ Pyramide du Parmelan.
▲ The dirt road became a trail.
▲ Narrow…
▲ I lost the trail and went up.
▲ Route Forestière du Mont Baron.
▲ At the platform of the old Mont Baron cable car.
▲ Mont Blanc.
▲ Col du Pertuis.
▲ Tête à Turpin.
▲ Parmelan.
▲ The cliffs of Mont Veyrier.
▲ Lake Annecy.
▲ Towards the south.
▲ Old town of Annecy and the mouth of the Thiou river.
▲ Montagne du Charbon.
▲ Plaine du Fier and Aravis in the background.
▲ Tournette.
▲ Dent du Cruet.
▲ Steep trail on the way down to Col des Contrebandiers.
▲ Chapeau de Napoléon from above and Mont Baret.
▲ Semnoz.
▲ Back in the forest.
▲ Fox.
▲ Primrose.
▲ At Talabar.
▲ Impérial Palace hotel.
▲ Annecy-le-Vieux.
▲ On the standard trail down to the lake.
▲ Petit Port.
▲ Sunset.