Hike: Boret chalets and the Edge of the World
Description
If you'd like to see the waterfalls and the famous "Edge of the World" from the heights of Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, this beautiful hiking route is the one for you!
To view real-time car park attendance, please click here: affluences.com/parking-de-sixt-fer-a-cheval
Technical informations
10 km
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max. 1258 m
min. 959 m
435 m
435 m
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Altimetric profile
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Destination
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Points of interest
Chalet du Boret
On the Road to "Le Bout du Monde" take a break with Sylvie and Hubert to see the most beautiful view of the alps.
Fer-à-Cheval Chalet Restaurant
Enjoy the traditional food with a breathtaking view of the Fer-à-Cheval circle. Located near the car park, easily access this restaurant which offers typical Savoyard dishes.The Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval Chalet Restaurant welcomes you to a magical place. You will be left speechless by the magnificent views... You can come here for lunch or just for an afternoon snack after a hiking expedition. Evening meals and banquets are available but only with prior bookings.
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval / Passy Nature Reserve
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval/Passy Nature Reserve, the biggest nature reserve in Haute-Savoie, covers a vast region and boasts two impressive glacier cirques (Fer à Cheval and Les Fonts), both bursting with spectacular waterfalls.Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval/Passy Nature Reserve, the biggest nature reserve in Haute-Savoie, is an exclusively limestone universe featuring a wide variety of forms sculpted by erosion: fissures, grooves, etc. It covers 9,000 hectares across different mountain levels: sub-alpine, alpine and nival, from the banks of the Giffre at 900 metres up to the top of Buet culminating at over 3,000 metres. This range of elevations and the diversity of terrains (wet zones, mixed forests, cliffs, grassy areas, etc., offer contrasting habitats that are richly populated with a wide variety of wildlife species. From the forests to the highest peaks, approximately 800 plant species have been recorded in the nature reserve, including 28 different orchids! Sixt forest is dominated by beech and spruce, but only the most compatible plants can be found in the mountain pastures. Because the habitat changes with the altitude, there is a huge diversity of animal species: deer, wild boar, marmot, mountain hare, etc.. Wild animals thrive in the tranquillity of the nature reserve: ibex, bearded vulture, rock ptarmigan and royal eagle. To view real-time car park attendance, please click here: affluences.com/parking-de-sixt-fer-a-cheval
Date and time
- From 01/05/2024 to 01/11/2024
- From 01/05/2025 to 01/11/2025
Additional information
Tips
The "Pas du Boret", an overhead passage, can be avoided by going back and forth via the Bout du Monde (allow an additional hour).
To view real-time car park attendance, please click here: affluences.com/parking-de-sixt-fer-a-cheval
Environments
Mountain location
In a nature reserve
Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
From the car park of the Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval, take the wide track to the right of the restaurant and follow it through the forest which is towered over by some impressive summits, including the unmistakable Corne du Chamois (2,560 metres). Cross the first footbridge over the riverbed and continue to follow the wide track. At the next intersection, turn left and cross the stream on the Giffrenant footbridge (beautiful view of the Fond de la Combe and the Edge of the World). After the footbridge, turn right and follow the path to the Prazon café.
At the café, turn left onto the path towards Boret and Vogealle, follow it through the woods for a little way, then cross the bed of a small stream to reach the bottom of the Pas du Boret. This passage is aerial and delicate, cables are installed if you want to hold on (do not use in rainy or stormy weather. This route is for experienced hikers only).
Continue up through the rocks, following the coloured markings, until you come to the path that winds its way across the Pas du Boret. This section is exposed to the full sun so make sure you take plenty of water with you! After the Pas, the path continues up through the woods and then on to the Boret prairies, where you'll find a café of the same name. From there, you can enjoy the magnificent panoramic view of the spectacular foothills of the Pic de Tenneverge (2,989 metres) and the Mont Ruan (3,040 metres)!
For the return trip, take the path from the Boret café towards Fond de la Combe. This will take you all the way to the "Edge of the World" where you can enjoy a beautiful view of the Fond de la Combe and the Giffre mountain river that winds through the valley. From the Edge of the World, the path goes back down towards Fond de la Combe. When you reach the footbridge, you can either cross it to return to the Fer-à-Cheval car park on the other bank (rejoining the normal path not far from the Giffrenant bridge), or you can continue on the same path without crossing the footbridge, passing the waterfalls on the way to the Prazon café and, from there, rejoin the normal path back to the Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval car park.
Updated by
Haut-Giffre Tourisme - 29/03/2024
www.haut-giffre.fr
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Open period
From 01/05 to 01/11.
Subject to snow conditions.
Contact
Phone : 04 50 34 49 36
Email : contact@haut-giffre-tourisme.fr
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