Professionals are at your service to help you learn more about this activity. For Mont Blanc 4810 m more information: SAFETY Mont Maudit 4465 m Aig. des Glaciers 3816 m Aig. de Tré-la-Tête 3930 m • Never go alone. Tourist Office Dôme du Goûter 4304 m • Wear lined boots, good hiking shoes or crampons, in Saint-Gervais Mont Tondu 3196 m Aig. de Bionnassay 4052 m and trekking poles as needed. 43, rue du Mont-Blanc - F-74170 Saint-Gervais D ô m e s d e M i a g e Tel. +33 (0)4 50 47 76 08 Aig. de la Bérangère 3425 m • Bring warm clothing. www.saintgervais.com • Do not overestimate your strengths or ability: G l a c i e r d e bring food and water. Snowshoe rental T r é - l a - T • Always give a third party your itinerary and the ê Saint Gervais / In Saint-Gervais Le Bettex t A e approximate time of your return. Les Contamines G r Ago Sports Claude Penz Sports l a ê Compagnie des Guides c t i e • In an emergency, dial 112. 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Penz - Skimium n a s Tel. +33 (0)6 08 23 76 00 Le Refuge Tel. +33 (0)4 50 93 16 49 s a www.entrecimes.com y Tel. +33 (0)6 17 82 86 05 Saint-Gervais Ski Service Mont Joly 2525 m Hiboux-Cailloux or +33 (0)4 57 44 20 03 Tel. +33 (0)4 50 93 12 16 Mont Vorassay 2299 m Tel. +33 (0)6 73 36 66 64 Nerey Glisse - Skimium Skiloc Steurer -Penz www.hiboux-cailloux.fr SAINT Tel. +33 (0)4 50 93 47 87 Skiset VOZA M i a g e Mont Lachat 2115 m PASS NICOLAS ESF Saint-Gervais Saint-Gervais Sports Tel. +33 (0)4 50 93 10 20 Tel. +33 (0)4 50 47 76 21 Les Contamines- Tel. +33 (0)4 50 93 53 79 Montjoie 1164 m www.esf-saintgervais.com Ski Plus Télécabines In Saint-Nicolas ESF Saint-Nicolas de Tel. +33 (0)4 50 47 03 61 de Véroce 1 2 Véroce Bellevue P�������� Tel. +33 (0)4 50 93 21 61 Unlimited Sports Mont Joly Sport www.esf-saintnicolas.com Tel. +33 (0)4 50 90 99 61 Tel. +33 (0)4 50 96 49 58 Parking du Crozat Mont Joux 1958 m Bionnassay P������ �� MONT Home service �� C���� d'aRbois Entrée Le Champel Entrée Ace ski home St-Nicolas- Entrée Col de Voza 1853 m Tel. +33 (0)6 23 16 20 40 de-Véroce Mov’Mountain Le Mont d’Arbois 1839 m 3 Entrée Tel. +33 (0)6 81 19 74 50 or +33 (0)9 62 50 59 11 Le Prarion 1969 m Photo credits: © iStock - Pascal Tournaire - Vincent Pawlowski - Camille Garo - Compagnie des Guides Saint-Gervais – Les Contamines - Pascal Alemany - Boris Les Plans Molinier - Tramway du Mont-Blanc - Joëlle Dartigue-Paccalet Bionnay L�� C����������� Entrée 1 T.M.B TRANSPORTS Bettex - Arbois Entrée 2 SAINT-gervais For departures from Le Bettex and Mont d'Arbois: Using the gondola lift - Les Pratz MONT BLANC (pedestrian rate) between Saint-Gervais and Le Bettex as well as between Le Bettex and Mont d'Arbois. SNOWSHOE ITINERARIES For departures from Saint-Nicolas de Véroce and Les Chattrix: Go by car Saint-Gervais 850 m or by Facilibus (stop: Saint-Nicolas centre or Les Chattrix). Saint-Gervais - Bettex For departures from the Crozat car park in Bionnassay: Drive to Bionnassay, S cross the village and go to the Crozat car park (mountain road, beware of snow), O no Facilibus. You may also take the Mont Blanc Tramway. E N Key BEWARE OF ANIMALS! INSTRUCTIONS MARKERS In winter, wild animals—chamois, ibex, black grouse, rock ptarmigan, Pedestrians and cross- FOLLOW THE MARKERS Tramway du Mont-Blanc Church etc.—are very vulnerable due to the cold and lack of food. They seek country skiers use PROVIDED protection in forests or igloos. If they are disturbed, their only reflex the same routes and FOR ALL ITINERARIES Aerial Tramway Baroque Decoration is to flee. They therefore waste energy unnecessarily. They are may therefore cross weakened by repeated disturbances. paths. This is why it is PURPLE SNOWSHOE necessary to observe Gondola Lift Viewpoint To participate in their preservation: some rules of mutual respect to ensure Viewpoint Indicator Toilets • Stay on the marked routes and do not multiply tracks. peaceful cohabitation • Hold dogs on a leash as they are perceived as predators by wildlife. on the slopes. Cross- Refuge Car Park • If an animal is encountered, stop and give it time to move away country ski tracks are peacefully. This helps the animal conserve its energy. Restaurant Tourist Office fragile, please do not damage them. Picnic Room BIONNASSAY trail BIONNASSAY LOOP Loop at the small loop Bellevue Plateau de la Croix in saint-nicolas ROUND TRIP ROUND TRIP TRAIL ELEVATION GAIN DISTANCE TRAIL ELEVATION GAIN DISTANCE TRAIL ELEVATION GAIN DISTANCE TRAIL ELEVATION GAIN DISTANCE 2 HOURS 45 361 M 9.2 KM 1 HOUR -120 M 2.7 KM 2 HOURS 05 408 M 5.5 KM 1 HOUR -115 M 2.3 KM Téléphérique de Bellevue THE BIONNASSAY Take the smooth and Bellevue HAMLET Téléski du Vanay sunny trail up to the alt. 1801 m 2 Because Bionnassay used to be Voza Pass where the isolated during winter, it had its own chapel and school. These Plateau de la Croix landscape opens up SAINT quaint buildings illustrate the alt. 1448 m to a wide panoramic Le Plan NICOLAS Pistes de ski village's autarkic life in the high alt. 1435 m view of the Mont-Blanc Col de Voza mountains. range, the Bionnassay alt. 1653 m Tramway du Mont-Blanc Hôtel Bellevue Glacier Cirque, and the Le Fontaney Croix de fer alt. 1781 m Le Carteyron alt. 1290 m vertiginous Chamonix An easy trail that is accessible to alt. 1227 m peaks. The itinerary all, with passages in the forest then continues to the alongside sumptuous scenery: the Le Planey right, running parallel to Aiguille de Bionnassay. alt. 1260 m SMALL LOOP the Tramway du Mont- IN SAINT-NICOLAS Blanc railway line up to Starting the Bellevue viewpoint. point: Operating in both winter Starting Saint-Nicolas Le Fioux Les Meuniers de Véroce point: Le Crozat LOOP AT THE and summer, the little alt. 1505 m le Planet alt. 1060 m alt. 1175 m alt. 1420 m alt. 1540 m Le Quy PLATEAU DE LA CROIX train, originally designed Bionnassay alt. 1040 m to reach the summit of alt. 1350 m Vers le Col de Le Chapiot Mont Blanc, enchants Voza et le TMB Sur les Maures Once you've hiked the beautiful alt. 1498 m alt. 1460 m both the young and old Saint-Nicolas small loop, as as they take the timeless Vers an informed amateur, you will St-Gervais journey up the mountain. appreciate the Plateau de la Croix Pont des Places long loop. This itinerary offers a alt. 1413 m magnificent panoramic view of Starting point: the Plateau de la Croix, passes by VOZA PASS Maisonnette Vers route de superb old farms, and ends along Formerly where peddlers used Le Crozat alt. 1410 m l’Ormey the Baroque trail. It's a great hike! VOZA Le Champel THE CHURCH IN SAINT-NICOLAS DE VÉROCE to travel between the Montjoie PASS alt. 1420 m Valley and the Chamonix Valley, Bionnassay After a walk in the nature, don’t miss a cultural walk through the Voza Pass was also used by the alt. 1350 m the church in St-Nicolas. It is a jewel of sacred Baroque art in first tourists coming to visit our the Savoie region, built in 1726, and decorated by the artists and mountains. This trail contoured the craftsmen from Valsesia. In Les Contamines, Cordon or Combloux, dreaded Arve River gorge. 1 Vers St-Gervais the Baroque trail is a sight to see both in winter and summer. Trail in Mont Loop in Bettex - Les Communailles Loop d'arbois - Bettex From the Bettex (at the foot of the slopes) From Les Communailles in Porcherey TRAIL ELEVATION GAIN DISTANCE TRAIL ELEVATION GAIN DISTANCE TRAIL ELEVATION GAIN DISTANCE TRAIL ELEVATION GAIN DISTANCE 2 HOURS 15 -433 M 4.6 KM 1 HOUR 50 201 M 4.9 KM 1 HOUR 50 176 M 4.9 KM 2 HOURS 30 242 M 2.8 KM The loop starts very gradually on At the crossroads of the slopes in Saint-Gervais, Mont Joly and a wide flat path before climbing Saint Nicolas de Véroce, the Porcherey mountain pasture ensures to Entre-Deux-Nants. This slope a breathtaking panoramic view. Once a unique alpine pasture, is very sunny in the morning and these are now two separate locations designed to welcome hikers. provides exceptional views of Mont Porcherey Joly and the Mont Blanc mountain Devant alt. 1717 m Porcherey range. alt. 1690 m You will find restaurants in the Le Bettex and Les Communailles hamlets.