Nearby Hiking Tours

Departure: from the Chalets

Map: 1304 Val d'Illiez of the Swiss Office for Topography

Waypoints: the Chalets, Crie d'en Bas, Val-d'Illiez, Bains de Val-d'Illiez, Stade de Foot, Chiesey, the Chalets

Effort: approx. 400 vertical meters, distance approx. 5 km, scheduled time approx. 2 1/2 hours

Specificity: very wild area crossing the torrent below Crie d'en Bas

Level of Difficulty: easy tour, ideal for acclimatizing

Departure: from the Chalets

Map: 1304 Val d'Illiez of the Swiss Office for Topography

Waypoints: the Chalets, les Prés, les Saves, le Jorat, Séchau, Délifrête, Forêt des Mérennes, Lavy, Crie d'en Bas, the Chalets

Effort: approx. 450 vertical meters, distance approx. 8 km, scheduled time approx. 3 1/2 hours

Specificity: very pretty swamp area between Jorat and Délifrête

Level of Difficulty: easy tour, ideal for acclimatizing

Departure: from the Chalets

Map: 1304 Val d'Illiez of the Swiss Office for Topography

Waypoints: the Chalets, les Prés, les Saves, Bossat, Savolaire, Plan des Mériaux, Morgins, La Cergnat, le Bois, the Chalets

Effort: approx. 600 vertical meters, distance approx. 8 km, scheduled time approx. 4 hours

Specificity: Savolaire is a particularly beautiful high pasture. A longer stop right on the top nearby a little sanctuary is an absolute must.

Level of Difficulty: easy tour, ideal for acclimatizing

Departure: from the Chalets

Map: 1304 Val d'Illiez of the Swiss Office for Topography

Waypoints: the Chalets, les Prés, le Bois, Pont du Rière, Pia de Sex, Champérene, Chanso, Pointe de Bellevue, Culet, Forêt des Ecottis, le Sépa, Morgins, la Cergnat, le Bois, les Prés, the Chalets

Effort: approx. 1000 vertical meters, distance approx. 12 km, scheduled time approx.
6 1/2 hours

Specificity: breath taking views from the Pointe de Bellevue  

Level of Difficulty:  slightly more engaged tour, requires good physical fitness

Departure: from Champéry, below the garage at the end of Champéry

Map: 1304 Val d'Illiez of the Swiss Office for Topography

Waypoints: Champéry, Galérie Défago, les Rives, les Planchamps, Champéry

Effort: approx. 200 vertical meters, distance approx. 2,5 km, scheduled time approx. 1 1/4 hours

Specificity: the Galérie Défago is a path partially excavated into the vertical rock

Level of Difficulty: easy walking accessible to all ages and levels of physical fitness

Departure: from Champéry, Grand Paradis

Map: 1304 Val d'Illiez of the Swiss Office for Topography

Waypoints: Grand Paradis (Champéry), Forêt de la Lui, Roc Coupés, Rossétan, Bonavau, Signal de Bonavau, Sous la Dent, Barme, Grand Paradis

Effort: approx. 500 vertical meters, distance approx. 8 km, scheduled time approx. 3 hours 40 minutes

Specificity: a beautiful and physically not very demanding tour

Level of Difficulty: medium

Departure: from Champery, Grand Paradis

Map: 1304 Val d'Illiez of the Swiss Office for Topography

Waypoints: Grand Paradis, Forêt de la Lui, Roc Coupés, Rossétan, Metecou, Lacs d'Antème, Tinderray, Sex Bornay, below Signal de Soi, below Dent de Valère, Valerette, Chindonne

Effort: approx. 1250 vertical meters, distance approx. 18 km, scheduled time approx. 7 hours 40 minutes

Specificity: beautiful tour through an amazing countryside. The points of departure and arrival are quite distant which makes the planning a little more complicated

Add on: a little further up from Signal the Soi is a very beautiful mountain lake, the lac de Soi.

Suggestion: some parts of this big hike can be worked out in more modest, independent tours (Lacs d'Antème, Signal de Soi, Lac de Soi, Dent de Valère, Dent de Valerette)

Level of Difficulty: tiring and long but very beautiful hike

Departure: la Chappell d'Abondance, Chalets de Cheyenne's, France

Map: 1284 Monthey of the Swiss Office for Topography

Waypoints: Chalets de Cheyenne's, Chalets de la Château, east of Pas de la Bosse, summit of Cornettes de Bise, Sex de la Calle, Col de Verne, Chalets Toper, Chalets de Chevennes

Alternative Route: from the summit descend a valley further north towards the Lake of Taney

Effort: approx. 1150 vertical meters, distance approx. 5 km, scheduled time approx. 5 hours 10 minutes

Specificity:  breathtaking views from the summit on the lake of Geneva, the French and the Swiss Prealps, the Mont Blanc massif and the high Alps of Bern and Valais. You will further see herds of half tame mountain goats.

Level of Difficulty: difficult tour

Departure: Fontaine (on the way between Vacheresse und chalets de Bise), France

Map: 3528 ET Top 25 IGN (French National Institute for Geography)

Route: Fontaine, le Bouaz, Darbon, Col de la Case d'Oche, Lac de la Case, Chalets d'Oche, Col de Rebollion, summit of Dent d'Oche , Lac de la Case, les Portes d'Oche, Lac de Darbon, col de Floray, just below the summit of Pointe de Bénévent, le Bouaz, Fontaine

Effort: approx. 1700 vertical meters, distance approx. 9 km, scheduled time approx. 8 hours

Specificity: hike containing a great variety of country sides, passes and lakes. The summit of the Dent d'Oche offers great views. Many wild animals can be seen all along the way, especially mountain goats

Level of Difficulty: difficult but very rewarding tour 

Departure: Châtel, Linga, shortly before the col de Bassachaux, France

Map: 3528 ET Top 25 IGN (French National Institute for Geography)

Waypoints: shortly before the Col de Bassachaux, les Grand Plans, Chalets de Lens, Refuge des Linderets, Chalets d'Ardens, Ardens, Lac de Tavaneuse, Col de Tavaneuse, Chalets de Lens, Lac de Montrion, le Choseau, la Barme, les Roulainnes, Col de Bassachaux

Effort: approx. 1500 vertical meters, distance approx. 14 km, scheduled time approx. 8 1/2 hours

Specificity: tour with a great variety of beautiful country sides. The tour is mainly taking place in the midst of erosion shaped sandstone mountains

Level of Difficulty: difficult but very rewarding tour