Hike across Plateau des Bornes: From Reignier-Ésery to Cruseilles
In autumn 2021, I went on a hike across Plateau des Bornes, an area of Haute-Savoie located between Salève (to the north) and the Bornes mountains (south). Starting from Reignier-Ésery, I walked to Pont de la Caille in Cruseilles.
Here is a map of the path I walked:
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- More photos on Flickr
- Day of the hike: October 7th, 2021
In the morning, I took the train to Reignier-Ésery. I started walking from there. On the way, I passed by Etang de Mouille-Marin and Oratoire de Saint-Roch et Sainte-Agathe. At the end of the day, I arrived in Cruseilles and waited for a Car Région bus (line 272) to Annecy.
▲ Reignier-Ésery SNCF train station.
▲ Lamb.
▲ Église Saint-Martin.
▲ Le Foron (yet another river named like that).
▲ Level crossing.
▲ Aiguille Verte above Chamonix.
▲ Montagne des Voirons.
▲ Horse riders.
▲ Christmas tree farm.
▲ Salève in the clouds.
▲ Le Môle.
▲ Lac Léman.
▲ Shrine at Col du Parc.
▲ Mont Buet.
▲ Marais du Chênet.
▲ BBQ pit.
▲ Croix des Bornes.
▲ Swamp.
▲ Corn.
▲ Salève.
▲ Crêt de la Dame and Mont Pelé.
▲ Goat in Menthonne-en-Bornes.
▲ Main hamlet of Menthonnex.
▲ Église Saint-Laurent.
▲ Oratoire de Saint-Roch & Saint-Agathe. There is a great view from there.
▲ Towards Parmelan.
▲ Salève.
▲ Towards Annecy (not visible).
▲ Shrine.
▲ Église Saint-Pierre in Villy-le-Bouveret.
▲ Chambeaufond.
▲ Bridge across the Usses river.
▲ Pierre de Chambeaufond.
▲ Instead of going up towards the center of Cruseilles (a path that I had already walked), I took a path along the Usses towards Pont de la Caille.
▲ Cows. The path I took passed through their enclosures. They seemed a bit too excited to see me. Fortunately, a farmer came by around that time to lead them to the river and I was able to pass.
▲ Les Usses.
▲ Viaduc des Usses, on which the highway to Geneva passes. Crêt de la Dame is in the background.
▲ Mont Téret.
▲ Mont Baret.
▲ Pont de la Caille.
▲ Gorge des Usses.
▲ Mont Pelé in the background.
