• Sport

Les Sources de l'Arveyron walk

This is the last walks around Bois du Bouchet and the PIerre à Orthaz. A lovely wild setting beside the river Arveyron.

Sport Les Sources de l'Arveyron walk Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

About

Departing from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (74400)
Average length : 01h00
Total elevation gain : 180m
Vertical drop : 180m
Distance : 4km
Signed walking trail
Animals allowed

Leave the village by the chemin de la Source. You will see on the left a rock bearung the inscription "1825" (listed site) which is a reminder of the year when Mer de Glace advanced to its furthest point (site of the grotte d'Arveyron). Follow the right bank of the river through the forets of larch and spruce. At the EDF tramway station, avoid the path on your left which leads to le Chapeau bby Cote du Piget and keep going to your right as far as the rocky viewpoint. Here you can admire the Rocher des Mottets, the Gorges and the Sources de l'Arveyron, which flows out of the snout of the Mer de Glace.

Suggestions: It is possible to walk back to Chamonix via Pierre à Orthaz and the villages of Coverays, la Frasse and Les Mouilles (chemin des Cristalliers) or via Bois de la Bagna and Bois du Bouchet.

Itinerary
Total elevation gain : 180m
Altitude max : 1250m
Vertical drop : 180m

Further informations

Stone, Ground

    1 2

    Prices

    Free access.

    Reception

    Animals allowed
    Not adapted to strollers

    Period of practice

    From 10/04 to 31/10.

    Services
    • Pets welcome
    Equipments
    • Car park

    Access

    Chemin de la Source Les Bois 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
    Departing from : Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (74400)
    Latitude : 45.942496 - Longitude : 6.898202

    Car park nearby
    Nearest bus stop: Les Bois
    Nearest train stop: Les Praz de Chamonix

    Information update on 27/06/2024 by Office de Tourisme de la Vallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc