Saint Gervais is reputed for the quality of its signposts and its walking paths and trails. Amble along or participate in organized hikes with the resorts mountain escorts or heritage guides.
Every week the Saint Gervais mountain guides produce a varied programme of escorted walks and hikes.
Information:
SAINT GERVAIS MOUNTAIN GUIDES AND ESCORTS (company created in 1864)
43 rue du Mont-Blanc - Saint-Gervais
Tel. +33 (0)4 50 47 76 55 - Fax +33 (0)4 50 47 73 52 - E-mail: contact@guides-mont-blanc.com
Internet: www.guides-mont-blanc.com
Office open all year from 09h00 to 12h00 and from 15h30 to 19h00.
Tel. +33 (0)4 50 47 76 55 -
Internet: www.guides-
Office open all year from 09h00 to 12h00 and from 15h30 to 19h00.
GUIDES DES CIMES
57, avenue du Mont-Paccard - Saint-Gervais
Tel. /Fax +33 (0)4 50 93 52 29 - E-mail : guides-des-cimes@wanadoo.fr
Office open from 20/06 to 20/09 from 10h00 to 12h00 and from 16h00 to 19h00.
Tel. /Fax +33 (0)4 50 93 52 29 -
Office open from 20/06 to 20/09 from 10h00 to 12h00 and from 16h00 to 19h00.
The baroque footpath
The Baroque Footpath, 20 kilometres long, joins Combloux with Les Contamines and Notre Dame de la Gorge, passing through the village of Saint Nicolas de Véroce.. Along this walk discover oratories, chapels and baroque style churches that bear witness to the rich religious past in the region. Every week commentated visits are organized along a portion of the trail between the chapel at Cupelin and the church in Saint Nicolas de Véroce.
Information & reservations at the Tourist Office.
The Val Montjoie Footpath
This path leads you from Le Fayet to Les Contamines and Notre Dame de La Gorge following the river Bonnant. The trail offers varied scenery: waterfalls and impressive gorges, suspended footbridges, quiet prairies, forests, farms and traditional villages. There is also a magnificent view of the Mont Blanc, Aiguille de Bionnassay and Les Dômes de Miage.
On the steps of the first guides
The time of a walk, return at time when glass cutters and hunters of chamois of the villages of in top were the first to dare to venture beyond their mountain pastures to approach then to conquer the Mount Blanc, the summits and the needles, inventing with the passage the trade of guide of High Montagn.
Glacier Hike
As part of the environnental scheme " La Montagne à l'Etat Pur ", Saint-Gervais has chosen to work in close collaboration with specialists capable of unveiling the mysteries of nature. Luc Moreau, , glaciologist and professor of geography and the Saint Gervais mountain tour guides, have combined science, local heritage and the setting of the Bionnassay glacier to offer you an original, magical and instructive hike in magnificent scenery.
On July, 13rd and 26th, August, 9th and 23rd 2006
Information & reservations: +33 (0)4.50.47.76.08.
SAT
Tel. +33 (0)4 50 78 05 33 - Fax +33 (0)4 50 78 07 62
Reservations for excursions at the Tourist Office Tel.+33 (0)4 50 47 76 08
Daily group excursions to Geneva. Outings on request for groups, clubs and associations
The Baroque Footpath, 20 kilometres long, joins Combloux with Les Contamines and Notre Dame de la Gorge, passing through the village of Saint Nicolas de Véroce.. Along this walk discover oratories, chapels and baroque style churches that bear witness to the rich religious past in the region. Every week commentated visits are organized along a portion of the trail between the chapel at Cupelin and the church in Saint Nicolas de Véroce.
Information & reservations at the Tourist Office.
The Val Montjoie Footpath
This path leads you from Le Fayet to Les Contamines and Notre Dame de La Gorge following the river Bonnant. The trail offers varied scenery: waterfalls and impressive gorges, suspended footbridges, quiet prairies, forests, farms and traditional villages. There is also a magnificent view of the Mont Blanc, Aiguille de Bionnassay and Les Dômes de Miage.
On the steps of the first guides
The time of a walk, return at time when glass cutters and hunters of chamois of the villages of in top were the first to dare to venture beyond their mountain pastures to approach then to conquer the Mount Blanc, the summits and the needles, inventing with the passage the trade of guide of High Montagn.
Glacier Hike
As part of the environnental scheme " La Montagne à l'Etat Pur ", Saint-
On July, 13rd and 26th, August, 9th and 23rd 2006
Information & reservations: +33 (0)4.50.47.76.08.
Tel. +33 (0)4 50 78 05 33 -
Reservations for excursions at the Tourist Office Tel.+33 (0)4 50 47 76 08
Daily group excursions to Geneva. Outings on request for groups, clubs and associations
The Cable Cars
Saint-Gervais - Le Bettex & Le Bettex - Mont d'Arbois.
In winter, the cable cars take skiers and hikers to Le Bettex and Mont d'Arbois. Come and discover an exceptional panoramic view of the Mont Blanc mountain range A hiking pass has been especially developed to give you access to 10 ski lifts and enable you to visit the snow covered areas on foot.
Scenery not to be missed in summer! Come and enjoy the sunny terraces of alpine restaurants, lunch or dinner in the fresh air, opposite Mont Blanc.
Open from June, the 22th to September, the 10th 2006
- St-Gervais / Le Bettex: from 09h00 to 12h30 and from 14h00 to 18h00 (every ½ hour)
- Le Bettex / Mt d'Arbois: from 09h15 to 12h45 and 14h00 to 17h45 (every ½ hour)
Saint-
In winter, the cable cars take skiers and hikers to Le Bettex and Mont d'Arbois. Come and discover an exceptional panoramic view of the Mont Blanc mountain range A hiking pass has been especially developed to give you access to 10 ski lifts and enable you to visit the snow covered areas on foot.
Scenery not to be missed in summer! Come and enjoy the sunny terraces of alpine restaurants, lunch or dinner in the fresh air, opposite Mont Blanc.
Open from June, the 22th to September, the 10th 2006
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