Les Praz and the Bois du Bouchet
Guide
Photo: Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeWalkAllow 1–1.5 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A flat riverside walk from town through the Bois du Bouchet woods along the Arve to the hamlet of Les Praz, with its chapel, meadows and the start of the Flégère cable car.
A brief history
The Arve you follow is fed by the glaciers above, which is why it runs milky grey with ground rock in summer.
Tips
- Best time
- Any time; it's the easy rest-day walk
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 1–1.5 h
- Free days
- Always free
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Good to know
- Area
- Les Praz and the north of the valley: Quieter hamlets up the valley towards Argentière, with the Flégère lift, the riverside woods and a few hostels and gîtes on the bus line.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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