Boucle pédestre du Crêt de la Dame

Walking/pedestrian in Allonzier-la-Caille

7.1 km

Walking/pedestrian

Medium

An easy hike up the Crêt de la Dame to the Pont de la Caille and a panoramic view of Lake Annecy and the Aravis mountain range.

Access to start: While it's possible to start this loop at the emblematic Ponts de la Caille site, it's certainly more comfortable to park at the soccer pitch parking lot in the village of Allonzier la Caille. From there, start the ascent directly along a path.

Start: Pont de la Caille parking lot, Allonzier-la-Caille
- Tourist area: Pays de Cruseilles
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An easy hike up the Crêt de la Dame to the Pont de la Caille and a panoramic view of Lake Annecy and the Aravis mountain range.

Access to start: While it's possible to start this loop at the emblematic Ponts de la Caille site, it's certainly more comfortable to park at the soccer pitch parking lot in the village of Allonzier la Caille. From there, start the ascent directly along a path.

Start: Pont de la Caille parking lot, Allonzier-la-Caille
- Tourist area: Pays de Cruseilles
- Maximum altitude: 887m

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Departure

Allonzier-la-Caille
Difference in height

355.667 m
Plain text period

Throughout the year : open daily.
Documentation
- GPX Trace
GPX / KML files allow you to export the trail of your hike to your GPS (or other navigation tool)

Accepted customers
- Individuals

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Points of interest

1 Le Pont de la Caille - Charles Albert

2 Viewpoint: Crêt de la Dame

1 Le Pont de la Caille - Charles Albert

A bridge dating from 1839, representing the industrial engineering know-how of the period. The bridge has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1966. It is also one of the 25 emblematic tourist sites in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.<br/>The idea of building a suspension bridge was approved in 1834 by King Charles-Albert, Duke of Savoy, who gave his name to the structure. 180m long and 147m high, the bridge is now entirely pedestrianized.

Historically, crossing the gorges of the river Usses was difficult and dangerus. From the 18th century, the introdution of a new era of the appeasement of a dispute between the Calvinist Republic of Geneva and the Catholic Duchy of Savoy revitalised the Annecy - Geneva route, requiring a definite need for a suspention bridge. Savoy was under the authority of the House of Savoy, but it was engineers from the French Ponts et Chaussée establishment of engeneering that were retained, M. Belin and M. Lehaitre. Work began on March 10, 1838 and would last 16 months.