With a weather forecast too bad to go in the mountain, we changed our plan to run around Rochers des Fiz and Pointe d’Anterne. This 30 km Trail is definitively a must do!
Anterne Lake and Pointe de Sales behind (© A. Gatta)
We started the trail at Plaine Joux (1360 m), above Servoz.
On the way to Ayeres des Pierrieres, Mont Blanc behind (© A. Gatta)
Anna in Ayeres des Pierrieres, Rochers des Fiz behind (© P. Gatta)
Trail around Rochers des Fiz: start at Plaine Joux. Follow the Grand Tour du Pays Mont Blanc trail to Ayeres des Pierrieres. Take the left trail to the Passage du Dérochoir. Climb along the ladders and fixed ropes, steep terrain. Follow then a vairante of the GR96, pass the Refuge de Sales (hut) until the jonction with the GR5. Follow the GR5. Pass the Chalets d’Anterne, the lake of Anterne up to the Col d’Anterne (2250m). Run back down to Plaine Joux along the Grand Tour du Pays Mont Blanc.
Le Derochoir (© A. Gatta)
Le Derochoir, Aiguilles de Chamonix behind (© P. Gatta)
Cascade de Sales (© A. Gatta)
The Trail around Rochers des Fiz is 30 km, +1800m / -1800m long. Here is the GPS Route.
On the way to Chalets d’Anterne, Pointe de Sales behind (© P. Gatta)