Natural heritage

La Pointe Percée

The Pointe Percée is the highest peak of the Aravis range and is probably the most iconic. It rises majestically to 2,742 m above sea level in the mun...

La Cascade de Doran

With its 70-meter drop, perched 600 meters higher in the middle of a forest, this mountain waterfall is well worth the effort! It has been classified...

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 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...

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...

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 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 Gorges de la Frasse

The Frasse mountain stream comes from the heights of Nant-Cruy and is located to the right of the Sallanche River. The Sallanche is the confluence of...

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,...

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...

La Croix de Fer

At 2337m altitude, this superb, tranquil site overlooks the Véran mountain pasture in the Fiz range and is part of the peaks that dominate Sallanches....