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Walking loop : Around Champeillant

Sport, Pedestrian sports, Hiking itinerary in Féternes
10.1 km
3h
Very easy
  • Champeillant is a remarkable site, part of the Chablais Geopark, offering 360° views of Lake Geneva, Mont Blanc, the Chablais, the Jura and the Vaud Alps. The loop passes through one of the most rural landscapes on the Gavot plateau.

  • The hike around Champeillant is a family outing that allows you to discover beautiful panoramas without having to climb the peaks.

    Starting from the Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs de Champeillant, built in the first half of the 20th century, you'll discover part of the Gavot plateau overlooking Lac Léman.

    No physical difficulties on this walk, which takes you across fields, from hamlet to hamlet.

    Marking details : Departmental markings called P.D.I.P.R. on ​​beige metal panel...
    The hike around Champeillant is a family outing that allows you to discover beautiful panoramas without having to climb the peaks.

    Starting from the Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs de Champeillant, built in the first half of the 20th century, you'll discover part of the Gavot plateau overlooking Lac Léman.

    No physical difficulties on this walk, which takes you across fields, from hamlet to hamlet.

    Marking details : Departmental markings called P.D.I.P.R. on ​​beige metal panel and green writing.

    Map references : TOP 25 IGN 3528 ET Morzine Massif du Chablais Les Portes du Soleil

    Whatever your hike, remember to pack cereal bars, plenty of water, sunglasses, sunscreen, a small first-aid kit, and clothing appropriate to the season and weather forecast.
  • Tips
    Champeillant is one of the remarkable sites of the Chablais Geopark. At the starting point, an orientation table and information panels allow you to better understand the evolution of Evian mineral water and the geological specificity of the territory.
  • Sustainable tourism
    To respect farming practices, natural areas and wildlife, please keep your dogs on a lead and pick up after them. Keep and sort your rubbish, stay on the paths and close the fences.
  • Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
    1/ Departure from Champeillant chapel.
    2/ Take the road down to "Sur les Crêts". At the hamlet, turn left: the road becomes a track. At "Les Granges", follow the GR to the left as far as the "Les Clouz" sign. Take the left-hand road, then go straight on. At the second crossroads, turn right. When you reach the D21, continue straight ahead for 150 m, then turn left.
    3/ In front of the observatory, turn right, leaving the track leading up to the Peron oratory (antenna), and continue straight ahead to reach the supermarket. Cross the D32 to enter the hamlet of Abbaye. Just before the end of the tarmac road, turn left onto a track. At the crossroads, turn right, then left after two fences. The track follows the fence to a meadow. Cross the meadow.
    4/ At the end of the wood, turn left onto the dirt track that crosses the wood. It becomes asphalt and climbs back up to the D32 at the entrance to "Cré Bouché". Turn right onto the D32, then, before the first house, turn left onto a track. Keep to the right of the hangar and continue in the same direction until you reach a road on the left, that must be taken.
    5/ At the next crossroads, turn left on the Gotay road to "Chez Portay". Follow the D21 to the left, then the first road to the right. After a few bends, it reaches a new junction. Go left up to the Champeillant chapel.
  • Activities
    • Minimum age (in years) :  5
139 meters of difference in height
  • Maximum altitude : 921 m
  • Minimum altitude : 832 m
  • Total positive elevation : 139 m
  • Total negative elevation : -139 m
  • Max positive elevation : 47 m
  • Min positive elevation : -43 m
Services
  • Equipment
    • Parking nearby
    • Car park
    • Picnic area
    • Orientation board
  • Services
    • Pets welcome
      • Pets allowed on a lead only.