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Pointe de Chalune: Via the Combe du Foron

  • Activities:
    ski/snowboard touring, snowshoing
  • Min / max altitude:
    1187m / 2116m
  • Elevation gain / loss:
    950m
  • Main facing:
    SE
  • Duration:
    1 days
  • Toponeige technical grade:
    not filled in
  • Toponeige exposure grade:
    not filled in
  • Labande descent grade:
    S3
  • Labande global grade:
    PD
  • Compatible with:
    skiing
Summits, passes, lakes and cliffs:
Access points:
Bonnavaz  1187m r
Areas:
Chablais
Haute-Savoie
France
Weather forecasts:
Météo Alpes Météo Chamonix OT Chamonix Météo France
Avalanche bulletin:
Haute-Savoie
Maps:
IGN 3429ET Bonneville - Cluses - Le Faucigny
Swisstopo 271 Chablais
Swisstopo 40 Le Léman
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From the hamlet of Bonnavaz (1187m) or Encrenaz pass (1433m), follow the road until the Foron chalets (1355m).  Then go up the scoop of Foron towards the NW first passing Foron du Milieu (1499m) then Foron d'en Haut (~1680m) located at the base of a small plateau. Always traverse this plateau towards the NW and reach slightly on the right the Foron pass (1832m).

Via an ascending traverse on the left (SW), you reach the Chalune pass (1896m) which gives access to the SSE face of  Pointe de Chalune. Climb directly N to reach the E ridge, which is broad and not very inclined, follow it as far as the Chalune summit.

Descent: two possibilities: -by the uphill route (classic route); -via the broad SSE face of Chalune and the traverse of the Bolire pass(1649m) which makes it possible to reach the scoop of Foron. Very short sections of S4 if you start directly from the summit on skis.

Remarks:

The starting altitude from Encrenaz pass (1433m) is higher than that of Bonnavaz (1187m) and the Foron chalets (1355m). The route starts with an 80m descent on the road that you have to go back up on the way back.

The round trip by the way up route (scoop of Foron) is very classic and not difficult: PD -, S2 with S3 sections. The descent of the SSE face is more unrelenting: almost 35°/250m after le Labande. Some slightly steeper and narrower sections but short and non obligatory to the start of the summit. PD +, unrelenting S3, sections in S4.

All the slopes face S to SE and thus are quickly exposed to the sun.

Access:
From Taninges, go to Les Gets via the Pont des Gets then Morzine/St Jean d'Aulps, Essert-Romand and finally Col de l'Encrenaz. If you start from from Bonnavaz, leave the Gets road at Pont des Gets and go towards Praz de Lys.

Gear:

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