Hike from Le Grand-Bornand to Saint-Jean-de-Sixt & Thônes
Last summer, I went on a hike in the Bornes mountains: Starting from Le Grand-Bornand, I walked all the way to Thônes, passing by Saint-Jean-de-Sixt on the way.
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- Day of the hike: August 9th, 2020
In the morning, I took a LIHSA bus (line 62) until the terminus at Le Grand-Bornand. At first, I walked a short trail along the Borne river then I came back to my starting point and started on the way to Saint-Jean-de-Sixt through a trail in the forest below Tête du Danay. At Saint-Jean-de-Sixt, I visited Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Site des 3 Ponts (Site of the 3 Bridges) on the Nom river. I then went up again trough the forest then walked down the Thônes valley, crossed the Nom river a few times and finally arrived at the center of Thônes. I waited for the bus to Annecy there.
▲ Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption near the Grand-Bornand bus station.
▲ Borne river. It flows into the Arve river in Bonneville.
▲ End of the path.
▲ On the way back to the village.
▲ Roc des Arces.
▲ Trailhead behind the ice rink.
▲ Thônes valley, with Dent du Cruet in the background.
▲ Le Suet.
▲ Roc de Charmieux and Roc des Tours.
▲ Road to the village of Saint-Jean-de-Sixt.
▲ Saint-Jean-de-Sixt, with Mont Lachat de Thônes behind it.
▲ Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
▲ Statue of Saint Pierre Favre, the co-founder of the Jesuit order and a native of Saint-Jean-de-Sixt.
▲ Bridge at Site des Trois Ponts.
▲ The older bridge, in ruin.
▲ Nom river below.
▲ Two of the bridges.
▲ People were enjoying the river.
▲ The same place, flooded in spring.
▲ The third bridge, for cars.
▲ Bun J Ride on the other side of the Nom.
▲ Another bridge on the Nom river.
▲ Going up.
▲ Bois des Traversiers.
▲ Roc de Charmieux, Roc des Tours and Pic de Jallouvre.
▲ Mont Lachat de Châtillon in the background.
▲ Mont Lachat de Thônes on the other side of the valley.
▲ Chapelle du Plan du Bourgeal in Les Villards-sur-Thônes.
▲ La Tournette in the background.
▲ Crossing the Nom.
▲ Shrine in a hamlet called Carouge.
▲ Église Saint-Laurent at the center of Les Villards-sur-Thônes.
▲ Derelict building. I often see it when I pass through there on the bus so I made a detour.
▲ Bridge on the Nom.
▲ Dry Nant Pissoir.
▲ Memorial stone. It reads: Here on April 17th, 1991, strictly nothing happened.
▲ On the Circuit Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
▲ At Pont Romain, in front of Chapelle de la Bossenaz. Although it is called Pont Romain (Roman Bridge), it only dates from a few centuries ago.
▲ Mont Lachat de Thônes.
▲ The chapel.
▲ Trail along the Nom.
▲ Arriving at the center of Thônes.
▲ Chapel of Collège -Lycée Saint-Joseph.
▲ Another “Pont Romain” on the Nom, with Roche à l’Agathe in the background.
▲ Nom, just before its confluence with the Fier river.
▲ Gare routière de Thônes.