With your dog

"Since 2021, Môle et Brasses tourisme has been awarded the Toutourisme label! This means that here we say 'welcome' to animals and that lots of activities are possible with them!

A special welcome with a welcome kit is reserved for all owners directly at the tourist office!"

Walking routes

Nature walks are great, but with your dog it's even better! Here are all our walking itineraries where your dog can enjoy the fresh air without any worries!

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Hiking trail - Grand Gueule millstones

Historically, millstones were used to grind rye, barley and other grains into flour. A one-tonne millstone could produce several hundred kilos of flour every day. It should be remembered that our ancestors ate more than a kilo of bread a day ! In the past, a millstone was worth the price of a house, so places were highly sought after. While not everyone was capable of cutting a millstone, finding where to cut it was even more difficult ! Millstones were extracted as follows : The millstone was marked out on the rock face and a groove was dug around it. Fir wedges were driven into the groove and regularly wetted. The swelling of the wood detached the millstone by breaking the stone. The Mont Vouan millstone extraction site was extremely important as it was one of the largest in south-eastern France, producing more than 200,000 millstones from 72 quarries. At the foot of the Vachat millstones lies the Pierre aux Morts marsh, or ‘Gouille aux Morts’, which serves as a reminder of how difficult it was to cut millstones, as the stonecutters often took great risks. The pond was named after the fall of two stonecutters while they were working on a Sunday (the Lord's Day!). Le Vouan, a small mountain range at 978 m, was also crossed by a smugglers' path. The smugglers brought wheat from the Moulin de Pont Morand mill to Geneva and returned with alcohol, tobacco and other goods. Today, you can still see large round holes nearly 2 m high in the rock where the millstones were extracted. They are part of the ancient Meulières à Vachat and Grand'Gueule, classified as a ‘Historic Monument’ since 2009 and a ‘Sensitive Natural Area’ since 2017. PAYSALP offers tours for groups throughout the year. Information and bookings: www.paysalp.fr

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Hiking track - The summit of Miribel from Plaine-Joux

Along the way, you will discover a succession of mountain pastures with beautiful panoramic views of the peaks of the Giffre mountains, such as Pointe de Chalune (2,116 m), Haute-Pointe (1,958 m), and Pointe de Haute-Bené (2,215 m). You can also admire four sculptures on the Plaine-Joux Plateau, carved from monolithic blocks of marble limestone and arranged in a semicircle 100 meters apart, from each others with a beautiful view of Mont Blanc ! There is a picnic area in Ajon where you can relax and enjoy a magnificent view of the Mont Blanc massif. Step-by-step guide available by clicking on the printer icon.

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Hiking trail - Vachat millstones

Historically, millstones were used to grind rye, barley and other grains into flour. A one-tonne millstone could produce several hundred kilos of flour every day. It should be remembered that our ancestors ate more than a kilo of bread a day ! In the past, a millstone was worth the price of a house, so places were highly sought after. While not everyone was capable of cutting a millstone, finding where to cut it was even more difficult ! Millstones were extracted as follows : The millstone was marked out on the rock face and a groove was dug around it. Fir wedges were driven into the groove and regularly wetted. The swelling of the wood detached the millstone by breaking the stone. The Mont Vouan millstone extraction site was extremely important as it was one of the largest in south-eastern France, producing more than 200,000 millstones from 72 quarries. At the foot of the Vachat millstones lies the Pierre aux Morts marsh, or ‘Gouille aux Morts’, which serves as a reminder of how difficult it was to cut millstones, as the stonecutters often took great risks. The pond was named after the fall of two stonecutters while they were working on a Sunday (the Lord's Day!). Le Vouan, a small mountain range at 978 m, was also crossed by a smugglers' path. The smugglers brought wheat from the Moulin de Pont Morand mill to Geneva and returned with alcohol, tobacco and other goods. Today, you can still see large round holes nearly 2 m high in the rock where the millstones were extracted. They are part of the ancient Meulières à Vachat and Grand'Gueule, classified as a ‘Historic Monument’ since 2009 and a ‘Sensitive Natural Area’ since 2017. PAYSALP offers tours for groups throughout the year. Information and bookings: www.paysalp.fr

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Hiking trail - Le Môle from Chez Béroud

At the summit, a 360° panorama offers a splendid view of the Mont Blanc, the Aravis, the Arve Valley, the Chablais region, and Lake Geneva. At the summit, a 360° panorama offers a splendid view of Mont Blanc, the Aravis, the Arve Valley, the Chablais region, and Lake Geneva. The hike to climb it does not present any particular difficulties. The ascent takes 2 hours and 10 minutes for a total hiking time of 3 hours and 35 minutes. It was from the summit of the Môle in 1775 that the Englishman Schuckburgh estimated the height of Mont Blanc to be 4,804 m (the official altitude being 4,810 m). Walkthrough available by clicking on the printer icon.

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Hiking Trail - Le Tour des Oratoires de Mégevette

Oratories are originally intended for prayer, dedicated to a saint or to the protection of a mountain pasture. They can be found in Mégevette as everywhere in France, with 14,000 oratories recorded today. For this hike, it takes 1h30 of walking. The starting totem is located in front of the church of Mégevette. It's a loop to the hamlet of Le Dorjon. From the church of Mégevette, it takes 45 minutes to reach it through the hamlets of Le Bourg, Chez Fernay, Chez Rosset and Chauméty. Once arrived at the hamlet of Dorjon, way back crosses the hamlets Chez Martin, Les Moulins and Le Raffour, offering beautiful views of the valley and the town below. Walkthrough available by clicking on the printer icon.

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Walking tour - Around Lake Môle and the Calvary Chapel

Lake Môle is an artificial lake created in 1969 by digging out a former marsh. It is located between the municipalities of Ville-en-Sallaz and La Tour, in the Mont Blanc region. Covering an area of 10 hectares in an idyllic, wild, and protected setting, it is a paradise for nature lovers, hikers, and fishermen. It has remarkable flora and fauna, including endemic plants to this mountainous region that are used in herbal medicine. Numerous water lilies line its banks and provide a generous habitat for fish, frogs, and herons. It also offers a high density of fish, including predators (pike, perch, black bass), white fish (bream, roach), and common carp. As for the Calvary Chapel, it is important to note that the Calvary hill was originally grassy and had nothing at its summit, not even a few fir trees (planted in 1901). Its name changed over time:b Petit Môle, La Forteresse, Le Pain de Sucre, and even Tour du Guidon. Based on an idea by the parish priest of Bonnaz, a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Seven Sorrows was built there in a neo-Gothic style and inaugurated on September 15, 1889, approximately one year after the completion of the Way of the Cross. On the fourteenth station of the Way of the Cross, a clearly visible date indicates that the work was completed in 1878. While three stations were built thanks to donations from parishioners, the other eleven were built by families from the region. Thus, every year on the third Sunday in September, a pilgrimage took place up to the chapel. Its construction required materials to be transported by donkeys. Over the years, the chapel underwent several phases of repairs, the first of them took place in 1910-1911. For its 50th anniversary, the bell tower was renovated and the roof was covered with slate in 1971. Step-by-step directions are available by clicking on the printer icon.

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Hiking trail - The summit of Les Brasses from Les Lavouets

The climb is visible, so there is no difficulty in reaching the summit except for the final climb, which is a little steeper. Step-by-step guide available by clicking on the printer icon.

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Walk around the Mole's Lake

The Lac du Môle is a plain lake located between the communes of Ville-en-Sallaz and La Tour, in the department of Haute Savoie (74), in the Massif des Alpes, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Located in the Mont Blanc region, with an area of 11 hectares, in an idyllic, wild and protected setting, it is a paradise for nature lovers, hikers and fishermen. It has a remarkable fauna and flora with plants endemic to this mountainous region used for phytotherapy. The banks are lined with water lilies and provide a generous home for fish, frogs and herons. It offers a good density of carnivorous fish (pike, perch, black bass), white fish (bream, roach) and common carp.

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Hiking track - The summit of Miribel from Ajon

Explore the summmit of Miribel and enjoy magnificent views of the Chablais mountains, the Giffre mountains, the Mont Blanc... and discover the Way of the Cross dating back to 1827 ! The climb takes 35 minutes with a total hiking time of one hour and 10 minutes. Walkthrough available by clicking on the printer icon.

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Hiking trail - Alpine pasture secrets

During the first Plaine-Joux Plateau Sculpture Symposium in July 2012, four sculptors traveled to the plateau to work on their masterpieces, chiseling, polishing, and bringing them to life... in monolithic blocks of marble limestone placed 100 meters apart from each others. Roger Dunoyer's project: He began his work on the first block, whose meteorite shape inevitably suggested to him the birth of the world. A shooting star and its light cross the surface of the block, ending up at the center of the earth to put down a human fetus. Janpol's project: Since it was discovered X million years ago in the Baré cave, Janpol worked on a rock with a cave cat skull where it lived during the Paleolithic era, and on the second rock, a few engravings (in relief) that lead us to this more recent ancestor, the Homo sapiens. Isabelle Milleret's project: Her work was to highlight the symbolism of a place like Plaine-Joux : to create a crossroads in the form of a star or intersection of lines. Eventually indicating the north-south and east-west axes (compass rose) or the location of the four surrounding municipalities (Bogève, Mégevette, Onnion, Villard). Yann Narzabal's project: His work consists of expressing the sedentarization and settlement of humans from ancient times to the present day : the era when humans acquired the knowledge and techniques to build their homes as we know them today in the traditional architecture of our region. Carving a block of stone into a work of art, a phenomenal feat accomplished in a single day by these four sculptors ! Walkthrough available by clicking on the printer icon.

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Hiking trail - The summits of Ecutieux and Môle

Stage 1 : Tête de l'Écutieux (1,627 m) – a wild warm-up : The hike starts from the hamlet of Chez Béroud, in the village of Saint-Jean-de-Tholome. A balcony trail gently leads you through woods, clearings, and pastures. The ascent of Tête de l’Écutieux takes place in a peaceful, shaded setting, with beautiful views of the Arve Valley. Stage 2 : Le Môle (1863m) – the panoramic apotheosis : From the Tête de l'Écutieux, a ridge trail leads to the slopes of Le Môle. The atmosphere gradually changes : the terrain becomes more open, the climb steeper, the horizons wider, and the view increasingly spectacular. The final steeper ascent of Le Môle rewards you with an exceptional 360° panorama of the Alpine massifs : Mont Blanc, Aravis, Chablais, Jura... a veritable natural orientation table ! Step-by-step guide available by clicking on the printer icon.

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Hiking, horse riding and mountain biking trails - Les Balcons des Grands Prés

For the more sporty, the long loop represents 6 hours of hiking along the villages of the four rivers. You will enjoy an exceptional panorama with several viewpoints on the Massif des Brasses, the Massif des Voirons, Mont Vouan and even the Geneva basin and Lake Geneva! You will cross the natural area of the Môle, learn about the fauna and flora of our meadows... And why not take a cultural break at the Château de Faucigny or the Prieuré de Peillonnex? With the Peillonnex riding school, you have the possibility of taking pony rides, gallop training courses or even horseback riding. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

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Hiking trail - Le Petit Môle from Chez Béroud

To climb up to Petit Môle (1534m) from the parking lot, go towards the wide alpine trail that starts in the forest. The route is well indicated. Indeed, you always stay on the main trail until you reach the orientation table and the alpine chalets. From there, you can enjoy the panorama of the Arve Valley, the Bargy chain, the Aravis chain and Mont Blanc. The return is then done by the same route. Possibility to extend the ascent to the top of the Môle to discover a panorama at 360 ° C (see ''Hiking trail - Le Môle from Chez Béroud'' for a complete description.) Walkthrough available by clicking on the printer icon.

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Hiking trail ''Le Dorjon by Chauméty''

The starting Totem is located in front of the church of Mégevette. The walk takes 45 minutes to reach the hamlet of Dorjon through the hamlets of Le Bourg, Chez Fernay, Chez Rosset and Chauméty. Way back by the same route or possibility to return to Mégevette by ''Le Raffour'' (see hiking trail ''Le Tour des Oratoires''). Walkthrough available by clicking on the printer icon.

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Hiking trail - The summit of Les Brasses from La Joux

The La Joux mountain pasture offers wonderful panoramic views of the Arve Valley and the Aravis peaks. Throughout the walk, you can admire the view on your left. Keep an eye out for the many birds of prey flying above the pastures : kestrels, bearded vultures, and more. The highlight of the show is at the summit of Pointe des Brasses (1,503 m), where you can enjoy a spectacular view of Mont Blanc ! Step-by-step guide available by clicking on the printer icon.

Bike routes

To discover our region in style with your dog, we offer you our selection of Toutourisme mountain bike routes!

Toutourisme accommodation

For a night, a weekend or more with your dog, here are the accommodations that welcome you with pleasure!

Bars and restaurants

For a drink or a bite to eat with your dog, here are some dog-friendly addresses!

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Useful addresses

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