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Theme Walks |
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:
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SAINT GERVAIS MOUNTAIN GUIDES AND
ESCORTS (company created in 1864)
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57, avenue du Mont-Paccard - Saint-Gervais
Tel. /Fax +33 (0)4 50 93 52 29 - - E-mail : contact@guides-des-cimes.com
Website : www.guides-des-cimes.com
Opening schedules : on winter from 20/12/06 to 15/04/07,
from 5.30PM to 7PM.
on
summer from 20/06 to 20/09, from 10AM to 12AM and from
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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
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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)
Information: S.T.B.M.A. - Tel. +33 (0)4 50 93 11
87 - www.stbma.fr
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