April 13, 2021

Winter hike to Tête du Danay & Espace Nordique des Confins

During winter 2020, I visited another ski resort near Annecy. This time, I headed to La Clusaz, at the foot of the Aravis mountains: The resort is mostly known for its alpine skiing slopes but is also has extensive nordic skiing tracks, as well as prepared tracks for snowshoes and walking. I walked on those tracks and slightly beyond in order to go up to Tête du Danay, where I had already been during spring. I also walked around Espace Nordique des Confins.

August 4, 2019

Hike to Col des Aravis, Chalet du Curé & Crêt du Merle

Last spring, I went on a hike in the Aravis mountains: Starting from La Clusaz, I walked to Col des Aravis, followed the Route de la Soif until Chalet du Curé and looped back through Crêt du Merle.

August 24, 2018

Hike to Pointe de Beauregard & Croix de Colomban

A few weeks after Tête du Danay, I went back to La Clusaz. This time, I hiked Pointe de Beauregard and kept walking until Thônes, passing by the Croix de Colomban on the way.

August 10, 2018

Eglise Sainte-Foy (La Clusaz)

The Eglise Sainte-Foy is a catholic church in the center of La Clusaz. A church has been present at that location since the middle ages but, except for the tower, the current building dates from 1974.

August 9, 2018

Hike to Tête du Danay & Lac des Confins (La Clusaz)

In spring, I went on a hike to La Clusaz: I climbed up Tête du Danay, a mountain located between La Clusaz and Le Grand-Bornand, then reached Lac des Confins.

November 18, 2014

Hike to Tête Pelouse & Trou de la Mouche

A few weeks after my hike to Pointe de Tardevant, I came back to La Clusaz to walk another 2 of the 5 Combes des Aravis: Combe de Bella Cha and Combe du Grand Crêt. On the way, I also reached the summit of Tête Pelouse, between the two combes, as well as the Trou de la Mouche (Flyhole), an arch formed by rocks, located between the Combe du Grand Crêt and Combe de Paccaly. Unfortunately, there was a lot of fog at the higher altitudes so there was not much of a view… Here is a description of an itinerary similar to the one I followed.

November 12, 2014

Hike to Lac and Pointe de Tardevant & Combe de Paccaly

The Aravis is a mountain range located west of the Mont Blanc in Haute-Savoie. The area near La Clusaz has 5 Combes (Grande Forclaz, Tardevant, Paccaly, Grand-Crêt, Bella Cha) that can be traversed in one go, although the path is long and not always obvious when crossing between them, as I found out… I went there in July, with the intention of hiking 2 of them: The Combe de Tardevant and the Combe de Paccaly. On the way, I also passed the Lac de Tardevant and went up the Pointe de Tardevant.

la clusaz