SNOWSHOE WALKS


Signposted routes

The mountain guides office will be able to tell you about these routes or offer you accompanied walks giving you an opportunity to explore the natural environment.

Les Granges de Notre-Dame de la Gorge
Degree of difficulty: easy
Highest altitude: 1,360 m
Start: Notre-Dame de la Gorge car park
Time: 1h30
The Granges de Notre-Dame de la Gorge are located to the south of the village and from there you can take in the whole of the Val Montjoie to the north with a single glance, and then to the north-east you can see the Mont-Blanc massif with the main peaks overhanging Les Contamines-Montjoie: the Aiguille de Bionnassay (4,050 m) and the Dômes de Miage (3,370 m).

Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce
Degree of difficulty: easy
Highest altitude: 1,180 m
Start: the hamlet of Quy
Time: 1h45
Follow the footsteps of the valley’s former inhabitants, back in the days before the village of Les Contamines-Montjoie became a separate municipality in its own right and was still the upper part of Saint-Nicolas. Stop off for a while to visit the village’s baroque church and admire the numerous peaks of the Mont-Blanc massif on the other side of the valley.

La Côte d'Auran
Degree of difficulty: not very difficult
Highest altitude: 1,350 m
Start: Tré la Tête car park
Time: 1h20
Located in the Les Contamines-Montjoie's Nature Reserve, this route will offer you a unique panoramic view of the village and the Mont-Joly. The path will take you through a forest environment highly typical of those found on the mountain terraces: spruces and larches, sycamore and maple.

Le Crêt: a variant of the Crêt Derrière
Degree of difficulty: easy from the Crêt Devant
Highest altitude: 1,200 m
Start: Espace Animation car park
Time: 2h
This route is closed if the fields at the Espace Animation starting point are not covered in snow.
These routes include a loop inside the Nature Reserve and three signposted variants. This is an especially lovely site for walking either on foot or on snowshoes. After a quick climb at the beginning, you will follow the track into a haven of peace and silence, where the shapes sculpted out of the snow combine with the farms and the forest as you come out into an isolated glade. You will even find an old bread oven in the hameau du Chosal. For the return trip, you can either take the shuttle service at La Villette or Tresse or continue along your way, it’s up to you!

Colombaz
Degree of difficulty: easy
Highest altitude: 1,500 m
Start: hamlet of Le Baptieu
Time: 2h
An ideal jaunt taking you off to the snow-covered mountain pastures at an altitude of 1,500 metres. A magnificent panoramic view of the Mont-Blanc massif the summit of which you will be able to see between the Dômes de Miage and the aiguille de Bionnassay. Do not go any further than the first houses in Colombaz.

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Walks on foot along signposted routes.