Le Petit Salève

Date of your route : Mar 06, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Shady, varied, beautiful views, close to nature, suitable for families. I really enjoyed this hike, and had the added bonus of seeing a chamois and some rabbits.

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Date of your route : Jul 20, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A pleasant walk to warm up. There are many signs because there are many intersections.
The path runs along a slope, so take care depending on the weather.

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

Please note that the steep path to the north overlooking the Geneva basin is dangerous (cable too loose) and even impassable due to many fallen trees and the steep slope making it impossible to go around them.

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Date of your route : May 14, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

For a family outing, this hike may not meet your expectations. However, if you wish to give it a try, I would advise you to limit yourself to point 5, turn back or choose another route. Like many hikes in Salève, this walk begins with a seemingly endless climb that can be quite challenging. As for the view, I didn't find it particularly impressive and was even a little disappointed. After point 5, the cliff face is very steep, making it inadvisable in wet weather and for families. This hike is not particularly exceptional compared to others.

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Date of your route : Mar 21, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Easy family hike
Time overestimated and classification too
Easy hike, max. 3 hours

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Hello,

Based on the total distance and elevation gain alone, this hike deserves to be classified as Moderate. I have just changed the rating accordingly.

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I agree 😂

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Date of your route : Jul 05, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

The hike is classified as easy, yes, for 80% of the route. Be careful, though, because the return trip to Monnetier from Pierre-Vieille is easy but dangerous if you are walking with children. For 15 minutes, you are on the side of a hillside and the cliff is very steep.

The hike is very shady, so it is easily doable in summer.

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Date of your route : Jun 08, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Le Petit Saleve is full of well-marked paths... but not very well signposted. Several mistakes and therefore several trips back and forth.
Several beautiful panoramas, worth a selfie and a panoramic photo.
The signs give unrealistic and pessimistic walking times. Perhaps we had eaten too many vitamins , but we took a shorter route without getting out of breath.
Several walks are possible, especially circular ones. We will return.

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Date of your route : Jun 18, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

The tutorial is rubbish! Impossible to do without a GPS, and even then! Only one viewpoint, but good luck finding it.
No other viewpoints, far too much vegetation.
On the plus side, it's a nice walk with no difficulty.
One last thing: there are no chestnut trees in the entire wood.

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Date of your route : Oct 26, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Hello,
At Crêt du Châble, there may be an error on the signs: Pierre Vieille via the chestnut woods is given as 25 minutes, while Pierre Vieille (direct) is 1 hour. It's actually the other way around.
Otherwise, it's a lovely walk, but not that easy.

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Hello,

Thank you for your comment.

The information has been forwarded to the author of the hike.

See you soon

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Date of your route : Sep 25, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

At Crêt du Châble, we took the return route opposite the viewpoint, when we should have taken the path down to the right. Then there were no more signs, even at the crossroads. We ended up at Camp des Allobroges without passing through Pierre Vieille. So we turned back and, on the advice of a mountain biker, found Pierre Vieille.
We did the few short aerial passages, which, it's true, are not particularly difficult.
An average walk with few views, but it allowed us to discover the Petit Salève.

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Date of your route : Oct 25, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

For me, the route on the map does not match the description: at "Crêt du Chable" you have to go straight ahead towards "Pierre Vieille" through the chestnut woods and not turn left...
That said, it's a really enjoyable hike! Thank you for suggesting it!
For us, a group of seniors, we returned directly from "Camp des Allobroges" by heading towards Monnetier via "Crêt du Chable", thus avoiding the "steep" part...
We really enjoyed ourselves...

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Date of your route : Oct 24, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

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