Summer
Hiking trails
Five walks starting from the village or the Les Granges car park, from a one-hour easy loop to a long day up to the mountain hut. Each page has a map, an elevation profile and a track to download.
Demo: the routes, places and tracks are fictitious. Do not use them for hiking.
Choose a trail
Difficulty: Easy
Village loop
A gentle short loop around the village, through hay meadows, past the old bread oven at Les Granges and the Saint-Grat chapel.
- Distance
- 3.2 km
- Climb
- +120 m
- Time
- 1 h 15 min
- Route
- Loop
Difficulty: Easy
Nant Brun waterfall
A there-and-back walk in the shade of the forest to a fifteen-metre waterfall and its wooden footbridge.
- Distance
- 4.8 km
- Climb
- +260 m
- Time
- 1 h 45 min
- Route
- There and back
Difficulty: Moderate
Les Granges balcony path
A loop along the mountainside above the village, with benches and open views over the whole valley.
- Distance
- 7.5 km
- Climb
- +450 m
- Time
- 2 h 45 min
- Route
- Loop
Herds possible in July and August
Difficulty: Moderate
Lac d'Ormaz (mountain lake)
A there-and-back walk through the summer pastures to a small clear mountain lake at the foot of a rocky ridge.
- Distance
- 9 km
- Climb
- +620 m
- Time
- 3 h 30 min
- Route
- There and back
Herds possible in July and August
Difficulty: Hard
Pointe Grise mountain hut
The village's big hike: over 1,000 m of climbing through summer pastures and scree to the hut, staffed in summer.
- Distance
- 13 km
- Climb
- +1,050 m
- Time
- 5 h 30 min
- Route
- There and back
Herds possible in July and August
Difficulty levels
- Easy: wide or well-marked path, little climbing, for all walkers, in closed trainers.
- Moderate: mountain path with some steady climbs; hiking boots recommended.
- Hard: a long day, over 1,000 m of climbing, rocky sections: for fit, well-equipped walkers.
Before you go
- Check the mountain weather the day before and in the morning: Météo montagne (Météo-France website, in French, opens in a new tab). In summer, storms often break in the afternoon: start early.
- Tell someone your route and when you expect to be back.
- Herds in the summer pastures are sometimes guarded by livestock guardian dogs: what to do.
- In an emergency, call 112 (mountain rescue), give your position and keep your phone on.