Around the Necuidet Marsh

A short hike near the quiet village of La Thuile and its peaceful lake.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.10 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 239 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 240 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 985 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 776 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐
    Areas: Alps, Bauges
  • ⚐ District: Savoie (73)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 45.535919° / E 6.037393°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 3432OT, 3432OTR, 3433OT
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Car park: Coming from Curienne or Challes-les-Eaux, leave the D11 towards La Thuile, shortly after the hamlet of Montoux, taking a small road on the right. The car park is located 600 m on the left after the crossroads.

(S/E) From the car park (a few spaces), follow the small farm track, cross the Nécuidet stream and continue across the meadow to reach a track.

(1) Turn right and head towards the hamlet of Morion, continue along the road to cross it and reach an intersection with a path.

(2) Go up a steep path on the right and join the road, following it to the right towards the village of La Thuile.

(3) Before entering the village, take a path on the right, join a road, climb up towards the hamlet of Le Mont, cross it to reach an intersection.

(4) Take a stony path on the left which descends to the hamlet of Lac. In the hamlet, rejoin the road and follow it to the left towards the end of the lake.

(5) Before a big bend, leave the road and take a path on the right that runs along the lake shore.

(6) Return to the road in the village, turn right down the D11a, pass the cemetery, and cross the village, leaving the roads on your right.

(7) At the exit, leave the road and take a path that branches off to the left. Continue along the path for a long time until you reach an intersection with a metal cross.

(8) Turn left onto the track to rejoin the junction from the outward journey.

(1) Turn right towards the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 778 m - Car park after the hamlet of Montoux
  2. 1 : km 0.23 - alt. 790 m - Track
  3. 2 : km 1.3 - alt. 850 m - After Morion, steep path on the right
  4. 3 : km 1.7 - alt. 895 m - Before La Thuile, path on the right Path
  5. 4 : km 2.92 - alt. 985 m - Stony path towards the lake
  6. 5 : km 3.89 - alt. 882 m - Lac de la Thuile
  7. 6 : km 4.62 - alt. 889 m - Junction with the D11a
  8. 7 : km 5.05 - alt. 876 m - Path on the left
  9. 8 : km 6.51 - alt. 783 m - Metal cross
  10. S/E : km 7.1 - alt. 778 m - Car park after the hamlet of Montoux

Reviews and comments

4.8 / 5
Based on 7 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.9 / 5
Route interest
4.6 / 5
User 22188358

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 21, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A walk taken on the last day of summer and good weather. Very pleasant and varied, passing through large meadows, then wooded areas, and very pretty hamlets. We stopped for a snack at the Thuile community centre, which has very clean toilets, which is important. If you're walking with dogs (which we were), make sure to keep them on a lead as this is grazing land. We encountered quite a few hunters, but as we were well equipped with high-visibility fluorescent vests and our dogs were on leads, there were no problems. A walk that is well worth doing.

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rolandflageollet
rolandflageollet

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 24, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, peaceful and interesting walk. Highly recommended. The explanations about how the lake was formed are excellent. Next time, we'll start from the village of La Tuile so we can do a circular route along the ridges starting from point No. 4.

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gizzpel
gizzpel

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 15, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely little hike, which we extended by continuing from point 4 to the Rocher de Manettaz viewpoint. We descended back to point 4 and from there skirted around Roc Jean, turning left towards the lake at an altitude of 930 metres. We highly recommend this alternative route!

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spider63
spider63

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 28, 2023
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, fairly easy hike with beautiful scenery.

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jeanlouis1961
jeanlouis1961

Beautiful route, but change of route due to weather conditions.

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castors73
castors73

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 16, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely, easy walk, with picnic tables and toilets in the car park of the village hall. Take a shortcut through the houses in Monthoux to avoid two hairpin bends on the road, which are not particularly interesting.

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DEMONTI05
DEMONTI05

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 16, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A charming, peaceful, original, easy and very bucolic walk. Pretty scenery (green meadows, limestone cliffs, undergrowth) and a lake with interesting flora and fauna. The place seems well known and popular in the region. It is reasonably busy (visited on a Sunday).
The starting point is in the middle of nature (small car park at the foot of a rocky outcrop).
For this start, note that the first part of the route is through a meadow before joining the marked path. At the edge of the meadow, you will quickly come across a small, amusing orientation table isolated in the greenery.

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Beyenne
Beyenne

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 19, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A truly original and interesting biotope

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