Hike to Roc de Charmieux
At the beginning of the summer of 2021, I went on a hike to Roc de Charmieux, in Le Grand-Bornand. It is the westernmost summit of the Bargy range, a subchain of the Bornes mountains.
Here is a map of the path I walked:
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- More photos on Flickr
- Day of the hike: June 26th, 2021
In the morning, I took a Car Région bus to Le Grand-Bornand. I then boarded the Télécabine du Rosay to get to La Côte. Instead of going down directly to Le Chinaillon, I went to the summit of Mont Lachat de Châtillon using Télésiège du Mont Lachat. After getting back to La Côte, I started walking down on the trail to Le Chinaillon. Once there, I made a detour to Chapelle du Chinaillon then started on the way up towards La Culaz, below Roc de Charmieux. I found the unmarked trail to the the summit and followed it. There was a part which was quite steep. At the summit, there was a great view. Even Lake Geneva could be seen. I went down to La Culaz using the same trail, then looped back to Le Grand-Bornand by taking a trail through Rochers de la Forclaz and Plan de la Forclaz.
▲ Borne river near the lower station of Télécabine du Rosay.
▲ On the chairlift to Mont Lachat de Châtillon.
▲ Summit of Mont Lachat.
▲ Roc de Charmieux.
▲ Pointe Percée.
▲ Mont Charvet and the tip of Mont Blanc.
▲ Towards Clef des Annes,
▲ Pic de Jallouvre and Pointe du Midi.
▲ La Tournette.
▲ On the way down to Le Chinaillon.
▲ Towards Le Grand-Bornand.
▲ Arriving at Le Chinaillon.
▲ Roc de Charmieux.
▲ Bridge on the Borne river.
▲ Chapelle du Chinaillon.
▲ Pointe de Deux Heures.
▲ Les Parrossaz, Porte des Aravis and Aiguille de Borderan.
▲ Mont Lachat de Châtillon.
▲ Arriving at La Culaz.
▲ Aravis.
▲ Roc des Tours.
▲ On the trail to Roc de Charmieux.
▲ Steep.
▲ At a saddle between the main summit and the second summit.
▲ Col de Spée and Roche Parnal.
▲ Pointe de Puvat.
▲ Mont Lachat de Châtillon.
▲ Col de la Buffaz and Entremont.
▲ Dent de Cons.
▲ Second summit. It is accessible but I didn’t have time to go.
▲ Cross at the summit of Roc de Charmieux.
▲ Pointe de Deux Heures and Pointe de Grande Combe.
▲ Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) was visible.
▲ Aravis.
▲ Col de la Forclaz, towards Lac de Lessy.
▲ Le Chinaillon.
▲ Combe du Grand Crêt.
▲ Rochers de Salin.
▲ Col de la Buffaz.
▲ Pointe Percée.
▲ Saint-Jean-de-Sixt.
▲ Aravis.
▲ Entremont.
▲ Roc des Tours, Aiguille Verte and Pic de Jallouvre.
▲ Roc de Charmieux seen from Roc des Tours.
▲ La Roualle.
▲ On the way down.
▲ Second summit.
▲ The steep path again.
▲ Back on the main trail, towards Le Grand-Bornand.
▲ Roc de Charmieux above.
▲ Le Chinaillon.
▲ The steep part of the path to the summit of Roc de Charmieux I took earlier.
▲ Col de la Colombière.
▲ Roc de Charmieux at Les Parchets.
▲ Cattle on the trail down at La Tannaz.
▲ Rochers de la Forclaz.
▲ At Plan de la Forclaz. The village of Le Grand-Bornand is directly below.
▲ The path in the forest has many wood sculptures by Florent Grange, a chainsaw sculptor.
▲ Balcon des Côtes.
▲ Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption.
▲ At the church.
