On foot · Salvan, Valais · July 2022
Salanfe via the Col de la Golette
A discovery loop from Van d'en Haut: Sex des Granges, Col de la Golette, Salanfe and back to Van d'en Haut. 17 kilometres, 1,450 metres of climbing, a few scares, and so beautiful.
- Date
- July 2022
- Distance
- 17 km
- Elevation gain
- 1,450 m
- Route
- Van d'en Haut · Col de la Golette · Salanfe
The route · indicative
The climb
Above the Rhône plain
The path climbs steeply through the larch forest, then over scree and rocky sections, some of them fitted with chains. Below, the Rhône plain unrolls all the way to the lake.
Rock pinnacles, a cairn and a cross on a shoulder, then the stony cirque leading to the Col de la Golette. Not sure I'd do it again, writes Emmanuelle: there were a few scares.
Salanfe
Lakes and ibex
On the other side opens the Salanfe plateau, with small lakes reflecting the Dents du Midi and the Tour Sallière. Summer 2022 is dry: cotton grass by the water, cracked earth, Lac de Salanfe very low.
The way back goes through a gallery cut into the rock, then past turquoise and green tarns. And to finish, ibex by the path. So BEAUTIFUL.
