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Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Thonon-Les-Bains
Abondance

Lac des Plagnes – Cubourré Waterfall loop from Lac des Plagnes

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Hiking trails & Routes
France
Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Thonon-Les-Bains
Abondance

Lac des Plagnes – Cubourré Waterfall loop from Lac des Plagnes

Hard

4.4

(21)

201

hikers

Lac des Plagnes – Cubourré Waterfall loop from Lac des Plagnes

03:16

8.28km

490m

Hiking

Hard hike. 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: August 11, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 2.87 km for 1.66 km

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

135 m

Chapelle Sainte-Anne

Highlight • Religious Site

2

248 m

Lac des Plagnes

Highlight • Lake

3

1.15 km

Cubourré Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

CUBOURRE WATERFALL

If you take the descending path, you can find the "Cubourré" waterfall. The watercourse digs its way. The break in slope existing between the two old glacial lakes then generates a waterfall. Cubourré lock.

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4

1.29 km

Tourbière du Cubourré.

Highlight • Other

THE DESTINY OF UPPER LAKES

Mountain streams erode the terrain they cross and carry sand, gravel and pebbles. This alluvium threatens the lakes in which they are deposited. When the …

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5

2.84 km

Tinderets Refuge

Highlight • Pub

A beautiful mountain refuge located in the village of Abondance, in Haute-Savoie, an hour's walk from the Lac des Plagnes. A refuge that is visited by many hikers, as the …

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6

4.19 km

Les Chalets de Lens

Highlight • Mountain Hut

B

8.28 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.16 km

1.89 km

934 m

292 m

Surfaces

4.74 km

1.89 km

1.23 km

292 m

130 m

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Highest point (1,670 m)

Lowest point (1,190 m)

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Tuesday 6 October

13°C

6°C

25 %

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