Elevation profile
- Distance
- 3.6 km
- Ascent
- 735 m
- Descent from source
- 735 m
Ski tour · Département Haute-Savoie. The published line is 3.6 km long.
Map layers
- Highest point
- ≈ 2,020 m
Source summary
Source directions
From Romme, make your way to the top of the Grand Tour ski lift. From here follow the 4×4 track towards the Chalet des Vuardes. Continue up and out of the forest to the summit, climbed from the left (E) to avoid the cornice, depending on the conditions.>**Descent**>By the same route.>At around 1800m, it is also possible to go down steeper slopes, through the trees, to the top of the ski lift.>_A more serious descent, (AD-, S3) is down the Couloir du Sallettaz and then walk 5-10 mins back along the road to Romme._
Source safety information
Late start possible due to the routes orientation.>Windslab is often present just below the summit cornice, (about 1980m.) >Circulating winds can form easy angled snow slopes around the Tete de la Sallaz but these can be just above the steep outcrops on the NE face. >The IGN map indicates a cavern, (pothole,) on the route at 1960m. >Possible to make longer tours to the summit of Pointe d'Areu, descending to Burzier, (Sallanches) or Reposoir. Much more serious.
Source summary
Source directions
De Romme, remonter le téléski du Grand Tour. Prendre une piste jeepable qui mène au Chalet des Vuardes. La garder jusqu'au sommet. >##Descente >Par le même itinéraire. >Il est possible de couper dans des pentes raides dans les sapins à partir de 1800 m pour rejoindre le haut du téléski.
Source safety information
- L'orientation autorise un départ tardif.>- Une plaque à vent se forme fréquemment sur l'itinéraire (env. 1980) au bout de la corniche sommitale: >le vent tourne autour de la Tête de la Sallaz et la forme sur des pentes peu raides mais situées au-dessus des barres du raide versant NE>- IGN signale la présence d'un gouffre à 1960 sur l'itinéraire: il se trouve sur la voie normale sous la crête du sommet et n'est indiqué par aucune signalisation. En février 2023 il était aux trois quarts reconvert malgré la neige peu abondante, et on peut imaginer que par d'autres conditions de neige il devienne indétectable: prudence!
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NATUR · NATURE
Protected areas along the route
No protected area was found along this line in the available dataset. Follow local notices.
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Source & data
Camptocamp · Camptocamp-Association, lologallo, Christian, Sapphorain Pétermann, lent, David Bochot, Gus Morton, Bruno Besson, rabot, botopo, CaBot · https://www.camptocamp.org/routes/45864 · Coordinates reprojected; DEM elevation estimates · ODbL 1.0 + CC BY-SA 3.0 FR
Camptocamp · 2025-02-15T08:36:48.988586+00:00
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Tour-ID: c2c:route/45864 · Revision: caa6a74bb16a