Dent du Chat summit – Cat's Tooth loop from Saint-Jean-de-Chevelu

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France

Auvergne Rhône Alpes

Chambéry

Saint-Jean-De-Chevelu

Dent du Chat summit – Cat's Tooth loop from Saint-Jean-de-Chevelu

Hard

4.7

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Dent du Chat summit – Cat's Tooth loop from Saint-Jean-de-Chevelu

06:37

14.8km

1,000m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 6, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 6.42 km for 236 m

After 6.83 km for 275 m

After 7.28 km for 236 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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263 m

Tour of the lakes of Saint-Jean-de-Chevelu via the observatory of

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3.08 km

Belvédère des Maisons Fortes

Viewpoint

6.87 km

Dent du Chat Summit

Highlight • Summit

To reach this place you have to climb steeply via ladders and hold on to ropes, but it is really worth it.

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6.87 km

Dent du Chat summit

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Hike to the summit of the famous Dent du Chat!
The access is equipped with ladders and ropes, so only the bravest and most experienced are welcome!

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6.87 km

Cat's Tooth

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Swim in the lake, with a view of the Dent du Chat.

The piece on the dent - requires a head for heights and surefootedness.
It goes over ladders, heed the warning notices!

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7.01 km

View of the Lake

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difficult

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9.81 km

Roc du Cornillon viewpoint

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The Roc de Cornillon belvedere offers one of the most beautiful panoramas of Lake Bourget. It is only accessible on foot from the Col du Chat. Allow about thirty minutes of climbing.

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