Natural heritage

Le Sapin Président

Superb coniferous tree aged 275 years old (in 2021), with remarkable measurements: it is 47 m high and has a 4.10 m circumference (in 2011). It flouri...

La Pierre à Voix

La Pierre à Voix is a natural limestone monolith site, which can be seen sticking out above the forest from Sallanches. Access is from the hamlet of...

La Gouille des Fours

Wonderful combe overlooking Sallanches, a real paradise in the heart of the Aravis. The place is unspoilt and in misty weather becomes magical... Thi...

La Pierre Fendue

An unusual stone block, which has fallen and split, in the middle of the mountain pastures at 1380 m altitude, in the Aravis range. At the foot of th...

Le Torrent de Cœur

A pretty little mountain stream, with a natural basin, which descends as a waterfall to the Pont de la Flée, where it joins the Torrent des Fours to f...

La cascade des Fours

Very beautiful mountain waterfall, taking its source in the famous Gouille des Fours Lake, at the foot of the Pierre Fendue (Split rock), in the Aravi...

La Montagne d'Areu

Mountain overlooking the Arve valley, located at the end of the Aravis range. The whole area forms the Pointe d'Areu, but we call the summit of the r...

L'Arve

The Arve River springs from the Col de Balme in the Mont-Blanc range. It crosses the hamlet of St Martin then follows several valleys before rushing i...

Les Gorges de Lévaud

Magnificent gorges that emerge from the meeting of the Torrent de Coeur and the Torrent de Fours. In the summer you can bathe there to refresh yoursel...

La Cascade de Reninge

Charming small waterfall on the hillside of St Martin, very visible in the spring. Taking its source in the Fiz mountain range, it continues its cours...

Les Aiguilles de Warens

Les Aiguilles de Warens are part of the beautiful Fiz rocky range, on the right side of the Sallanches valley. The summit is the famous Aiguille Rouge...

Les Quatre Têtes

The very beautiful peaks of the Aravis range culminate at 2,364m altitude for the highest of the 4 Têtes. Very visible from the valley of Sallanches,...