Hike to Parc du Mouton, Mont d'Orisan & Grand Roc
Last summer, I went on a hike in the Bauges mountains not far from Pointe de la Sambuy: I walked up Parc du Mouton, Mont d’Orisan and Grand Roc.
Here is a map of the path I walked:
In the morning, I took a LIHSA bus (line 51) towards Faverges and switched to a summer shuttle to Station de la Sambuy. I boarded a chairlift to the area below Pointe de la Sambuy then started walking: I first passed through Chalet de la Bouchasse and Chalet du Drison on the way to Parc du Mouton. I then headed down to Col du Haut du Four and went up again on the other side to Mont d’Orisan and Grand Roc. There was a great view from there. In order to get back to Annecy, I first walked down to Chalet d’Orisan then took a trail to Frontenex through Cléry. There, I boarded a train to Albertville and switched for a LIHSA bus to Annecy.
▲ On the Télésiège de la Sambuy.
▲ Lake Annecy.
▲ Pointe de la Sambuy.
▲ On the way to Chalet de la Bouchasse.
▲ Aravis.
▲ Dent de Cons and Belle Étoile.
▲ Chalet de la Bouchasse.
▲ On the path towards Chalet du Drison and Le Parc du Mouton. I had already walked this trail when I went to Pointe de Chaurionde.
▲ Sambuy above.
▲ Le Parc du Mouton.
▲ Pointe de Chaurionde.
▲ Donkey at Chalet du Drison.
▲ Path to Col du Drison.
▲ At Col du Drison, looking at Parc du Mouton.
▲ Sambuy and Chalet du Drison.
▲ Grand Roc.
▲ Alberville.
▲ Summit of Le Parc du Mouton.
▲ Pointe de Chaurionde.
▲ Pointe de la Sambuy.
▲ Frontenex.
▲ Combe de Savoie.
▲ Mont Pécloz and Dent d’Arclusaz.
▲ Mont de la Coche.
▲ On the way down to Col du Haut Four.
▲ Chalets du Haut Four.
▲ Trail to Mont d’Orisan.
▲ Col de Tamié below.
▲ Albertville.
▲ Mont d’Orisan.
▲ Pointe d’Arcalod.
▲ At the summit of Mont d’Orisan, looking towards Grand Roc.
▲ Mont Péloz.
▲ Chalet d’Orisan and Albertville below.
▲ Crocus.
▲ Looking back at Mont d’Orisan and Col du Drison in the background.
▲ Broken cross at the summit of Grand Roc.
▲ I headed to a cross with a good view.
▲ Towards Pointe d’Arcalod and Col d’Orgeval.
▲ Pointe de la Fougère, Mont d’Arménaz and Mont Pécloz.
▲ Colombier d’Aillon in the background.
▲ Pointe d’Arcalod.
▲ Pointe de Chaurionde and Pointe de la Sambuy.
▲ On my way to Chalet d’Orisan.
▲ The trail was not very visible: There were small tracks in the grass that disappeared or forked but I followed the general direction towards the Chalet.
▲ Chalet d’Orisan.
▲ Dent de Cons and Belle Étoile.
▲ Cross at the Chalet.
▲ Massif de la Lauzière on the other side of the valley.
▲ Pointe de la Sambuy and Parc du Mouton.
▲ On the trail to Frontenex.
▲ In Cléry.
▲ Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Cléry.
▲ Dent du Corbeau (visible from the north shore of Lake Annecy).
▲ In Frontenex.
▲ SNCF train station in Frontenex.
▲ On the train to Albertville.