On foot · Franco-Swiss Chablais · September 2026
The Savalène valley and Lac d'Arvouin
A hot Sunday, half France, half Switzerland: two small passes between Torgon and La Chapelle-d'Abondance, and a finale at Lac d'Arvouin.
- Date
- September 2026
- Distance
- 14.5 km
- Elevation gain
- 1,080 m
- Walking time
- 4 h 37 min
- Pass
- Savalène · 1,864 m
The route · indicative
The route
A thousand looks nicer
The Savalène valley, new to us, is favoured by a few large predators, a gamekeeper friend had told us. Not a snout in sight, but a long climb, so long, and hot, so hot.
At the pass, Christian sitting on the border stone, nine hundred metres on the counter. A thousand would look nicer: off to the summit cross. And there, the view down onto Lac d'Arvouin. Then round the lake on the side still snowy in spring, and a perfect loop.
