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Boucle pédestre : le Signal des Voirons

Walking/pedestrian in Machilly

17.2 km

Walking/pedestrian

Hard

With a fairly steep gradient, the Signal des Voirons trail allows you to discover part of the Massif des Voirons, which together with the Salève and Vuache form the Monts du Genevois.
N°. 1 Lac de Machilly (car park on the south side): On exiting the car park, turn left towards the village, go back up the Route des Framboises and take the road leading to Bons-en-Chablais. Cross the D903. Take the Route de Borringes, then the Chemin du Chamenard which turns into a dirt track and continues as... Read more
With a fairly steep gradient, the Signal des Voirons trail allows you to discover part of the Massif des Voirons, which together with the Salève and Vuache form the Monts du Genevois.
N°. 1 Lac de Machilly (car park on the south side): On exiting the car park, turn left towards the village, go back up the Route des Framboises and take the road leading to Bons-en-Chablais. Cross the D903. Take the Route de Borringes, then the Chemin du Chamenard which turns into a dirt track and continues as far as Chamenard.
N°. 2 Continue climbing on the surfaced Chemin du Sauget.
N°. 3 Turn right along a fairly steep path which brings you out at the bottom of the pastureland of Le Sauget. Go up until you reach the farm of Le Sauget on your right.
N°. 4 Following a treelined path, bear right as you leave the pastureland, cross a stream and go into the wood to pick up a forestry road. Go up this road and after an open section, take a path on your left, cross another forestry road and you will come to the Maison Forestière de la Servette.
N°. 5 Continue until you reach another forestry road, then turn left. A few more zigzags will bring you to the ridge. (GR Balcon du Léman long distance path). Go left and follow the Grande Randonnée (long distance path). At the Signal des Voirons (altitude 1480 m), continue along the ridge, which has some steep downhill sections, until you reach the chapel.
N°. 6 Go past the front of the chapel and down a few steps, still on the GR long distance path, cross the clearing of La Moutionnière, cross the forestry road. At the bottom of a short precipitous stretch, turn right onto a forestry track. On exiting the wood, turn right, then left and left again; the road is surfaced from here on and leads to the hamlet of "Les Granges" at the foot of the "Tour de Langin" (Tower of Langin). In the hamlet, turn left between the houses and follow the surfaced road straight ahead. The route goes round a house, at the first left-hand bend head back to Chamenard. Return to the departure point, the Lac de Machilly.

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Departure

Machilly
Difference in height

966.667 m
Plain text period

From 01/04 to 31/10.

Subject to favorable weather.
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 Refuge des Gourmets

2 Les Voirons

3 Orientation table et viewpoint: Le Signal des Voirons

4 Signal des Voirons

5 Notre-Dame des Voirons Monastery

6 Notre-Dame des Voirons Chapel

7 Lake Machilly

1 Le Refuge des Gourmets

Le Refuge des Gourmets, a gourmet restaurant with one Michelin star and a bistro, offers seasonal cuisine.
Let yourself be transported by Chef Hubert's cuisine and Fanny's guided service for a culinary experience. A Michelin-starred restaurant since 2016, Chef Hubert Chanove and his wife Fanny will be delighted to welcome you and introduce you to their gastronomic and bistronomic cuisine in a modern setting. A family-run establishment since 1989, the restaurant has a terrace during the summer months where you can discover the village's emblem, the raspberry ...

2 Les Voirons

From the Voirons crest (altitude 1 480m), you can enjoy a panoramic view across Lake Geneva, the Vallée Verte, the Giffre mountains, the Aravis and Mont-Blanc. Take a family walk along the Balcons du Léman long-distance path, which also takes you all around the lake.

3 Orientation table et viewpoint: Le Signal des Voirons

Orientation table with panoramic view of Lac Léman and the Salève.

4 Signal des Voirons

Summit of a forest walk which is accessible even for very young children. When the weather is good, the whole valley is all yours. Enjoy panoramic 360° views from the Signal des Voirons with the Léman and Jura on one side and Mont Blanc, the Môle and the Chablais peaks to the other side.

5 Notre-Dame des Voirons Monastery

At the summit of the magnificent Monts Voirons with views of Mont-Blanc, come and visit the Notre Dame des Voirons Monastery, the chapel and Petites soeurs de Bethléem's art studios. Les Voirons was already a cult site for the Allobroges and Romans. Lord Louis de Langin founded the first chapel here in the 15th century, housing the black Virgin and called it Notre Dame des Voirons. The chapel then became a pilgrim site and welcomed Saint François de Sales in 1595. Following a fire, the black Virgin is now kept in the Boëge Church. In 1967 the first Soeurs de Béthléem nuns came to Les Voirons. There are now 100 of them.

6 Notre-Dame des Voirons Chapel

Perched on the ridge between earth and sky, this Gothic chapel has all the necessary components to be a perfect place for contemplation. The chapel of Notre Dame des Voirons was built in the 15th century, with its back to a rock that climbs higher still and is the source of a little spring. This gothic chapel has all the right elements to make it a place for contemplation.
Located 10 minutes on foot from the monastery, you can reach the recently restored Notre-Dame des Voirons, whose interior has recently been restored, via a woodland path. The chapel is worth the detour in itself, not just for its decor, which is exemplary in its rustic restraint, nor for its attendance, as it is rarely visited. It is worth the visit because, unlike many other religious buildings, this chapel has soul.
There are no ornaments or paintings. It is simply decorated with a statue of the Virgin Mary (Black Madonna, of course), a plain, stone altar and basic furnishings. This simple rectangular stone Gothic chapel measures around 15 metres in length and provides a serene space for those in search of silence and inner peace.

7 Lake Machilly

With its source in the Voirons massif, the Foron is a waterway which crosses the Annemasse region from end to end. It crosses wet zones, agricultural plains, meadows, villages and also cities.

967 meters of difference in height

Maximum altitude : 1477 m
Minimum altitude : 526 m

Total positive elevation : 967 m
Total negative elevation : -966 m
Max positive elevation : 927 m
Min positive elevation : -365 m