Spotlight on lac de la balme – Tête de la Mandallaz loop from La Balme-de-Sillingy
Spotlight on lac de la balme – Tête de la Mandallaz loop from La Balme-de-Sillingy
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Spotlight on lac de la balme – Tête de la Mandallaz loop from La Balme-de-Sillingy
01:19
8.83km
450m
Running
Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: November 4, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
2.65 km
Spotlight on lac de la balme
Highlight • Other
3.63 km
Tête de la Mandallaz
Highlight • Other
The word mandallaz comes from the Old French muer, which gave rise to the verbs "remer" and "mouvoir," and more specifically the noun remue. It thus refers to a small chalet located in an alpine pasture, and in Savoyard, muanda, with the diminutive suffix -allaz.
The mountain is locally known as Balme Mountain or La Balme-de-Sillingy, from the name of the eponymous commune. In a transcript of a meeting of the Florimontane Academy (1912), a note states that "Mandallaz is wrongly called the mountain of Balme de Sillingy."
It can also be called Mandallaz Mountain or simply La Mandallaz. The Mandallaz Mountains are a small pre-Alpine massif, eight kilometers long and three to four kilometers wide, located northwest of the Annecy basin. It extends through the communes of Annecy (formerly Pringy), Choisy, Cuvat, Épagny-Metz-Tessy, La Balme-de-Sillingy, Sillingy, and Allonzier-la-Caille. Its most prominent peak, the Tête de la Mandallaz, at the southern end of the mountain overlooking La Balme-de-Sillingy and Épagny-Metz-Tessy at an altitude of 900 meters, is not its highest point; the highest point is located in the center of the mountain at 923 meters.
The Mandallaz offers panoramic views of the Annecy metropolitan area, Lake Annecy, the Alps, the Montagne d'Âge, and the surrounding countryside.
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Tip by
4.11 km
Tête de la Mandalaz
Highlight • Summit
8.83 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
4.82 km
2.46 km
973 m
337 m
185 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
5.39 km
2.87 km
309 m
190 m
< 100 m
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