Hike to Mont Lachat de Thônes
In the fall of 2020, I went a hike to Mont Lachat de Thônes, in the Bornes mountains. I had already been in the area, to the Belvédère (viewpoint) of Mont Lachat. This time, I went to the summit.
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- Day of the hike: October 21st, 2020
In the morning, I took a Car Région (line Y62) to Saint-Jean-de-Sixt. I got off at the Forgeassoud bus stop. I walked on the paved road until the trailhead at Forgeassoud Dessus. At first, it followed a dirt road. The last part to the summit was a steep trail. I arrived at the large summit cross after a while. From there, there was a great view on all the Bornes mountains. Mont Blanc could also be seen. I started on the way down. Instead of going back the same way, I took a trail through the limestone plateau. My goal in the morning was to go to a second summit, Le Suet. However, it started drizzling and, after going trough the plateau, I went down directly. I found the dirt road I had followed in the morning then kept going down to the bus stop. It was raining quite hard when I reached it.
▲ Looking at Mont Lachat from the Forgeassoud bus stop.
▲ Roc de Charmieux and Roc des Tours.
▲ Chapelle du Forgeassoud.
▲ La Tournette.
▲ GAEC Milk & Bouse.
▲ Fake haystacks.
▲ Cows.
▲ Aravis.
▲ On the dirt road.
▲ Chalet.
▲ La Tournette.
▲ Pond at La Mare.
▲ Summit of Mont Lachat above. Still a long way to go.
▲ Trail.
▲ Vallée de Thônes, with La Tournette in the background.
▲ Thônes.
▲ Aravis.
▲ Chamois on the limestone plateau.
▲ Pic de Jallouvre in the background.
▲ Tête du Danay.
▲ Large cross at the summit.
▲ Aravis and Col des Aravis.
▲ Mont Blanc.
▲ Orientation table at the summit.
▲ Pointe de la Québlette.
▲ Mont Lachat seen from Pointe de la Québlette.
▲ Mont Téret.
▲ Montagne des Auges. I went there recently on a snowshoe hike.
▲ Mont Lachat seen from Montagne des Auges.
▲ Lake Annecy in the distance.
▲ Rochers de Leschaux.
▲ Pointe de Dran and Parmelan in the background.
▲ Col de la Buffaz.
▲ Pointe de Puvat.
▲ Vallée de Thônes.
▲ Dent du Cruet and Dents de Lanfon.
▲ La Tournette,
▲ Ridge towards Le Suet. There is a trail alongside but it is quite difficult it seems.
▲ Col de Tamié.
▲ Entremont.
▲ Aravis.
▲ On the way down.
▲ Limestone plateau.
▲ Pointe de Deux Heures, Mont Lachat de Châtillon and Pointe Percée.
▲ Mont Lachat seen from Roc des Arces, below Mont Lachat de Châtillon.
▲ Pointe de Beauregard.
▲ Mont Lachat seen from Pointe de Beauregard.
▲ Aiguille de Borderan.
▲ Pointe Percée.
▲ Saint-Jean-de-Sixt and Tête du Danay.
▲ On the plateau towards Le Suet.
▲ Tête du Danay.
▲ There were blue paint marks on the rocks but the trail was hard to see sometimes.
▲ La Roualle in the Aravis.
▲ Looking back.
▲ At that point, it had started to drizzle.
▲ On the way down.
▲ On the dirt road to Forgeassoud.
▲ Natural fertilizer. It stank really bad.
▲ At the bus stop.