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Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Thonon-Les-Bains
Vailly

Upper Nifflon – Pointe d'Ireuse loop from Thonon-les-Bains

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France
Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Thonon-Les-Bains
Vailly

Upper Nifflon – Pointe d'Ireuse loop from Thonon-les-Bains

Moderate

4.5

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238

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Upper Nifflon – Pointe d'Ireuse loop from Thonon-les-Bains

03:37

8.30km

560m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Waypoints

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3.35 km

Ice cellar for the water supply of the alpine pasture

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Snow was pressed to ice in the deep crevice and dragged up to Nifflon d’en skin in summer to feed the cattle. Due to the karst rock, the alp is without water in summer.

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4.12 km

Upper Nifflon

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Beautifully situated alp with the chapel Notre-Dame-des-Neiges and an alpine club hut. The karstic rock made it necessary to store rainwater in large tons in order to be able to …

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5.20 km

Pointe d'Ireuse

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Karst viewpoint with a view of Lake Geneva

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8.30 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.11 km

2.62 km

573 m

Surfaces

7.55 km

761 m

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Tuesday 6 October

15°C

9°C

96 %

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Comments

October 7, 2023,la pointe d'ireuse par les nifflons
A beautiful hike with a 360° view of the Pointe d'Ireuse. We left a flock of sheep alone with their nifflon birds above.

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