Hiking in Les Gets: the waymarked summer trails

• 14Waymarked summer walks
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• Grand Tour du Mont Chéry, 14.6 kmLongest documented walk
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• 2 lines, 8.45am – 6.55pmSummer shuttle buses
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Walking is the easiest way to enjoy the great outdoors in Les Gets in summer. The tourist office has waymarked 14 walks, 9 on the Chavannes side and 5 on the Mont Chéry side, colour-graded by difficulty: green, blue, red. This page details the nine trails for which the tourist office publishes a full description.

The documented official trails

The tourist office only publishes a walking time for two trails, and we do not add any others. Allow plenty of time for your own pace, stops and children’s ages. The other five walks and the variants are on the official summer walks page; the tourist office FAQ also mentions the Dérêches trail, flat and shaded.

Choosing your walk

With children

Three trails are graded green and suit children: the Peat Bog Trail, starting right at the tourist office, the Tadpole Trail, suitable for all-terrain buggies, and the Planets Trail, at the top of Mont Chéry. Lassare is green too, but it runs down to the village from the top of the gondola, so plan how you will get back.

For a half-day

The Rosta ridges (9.5 km, 140 m of climbing, 2 h 45 according to the tourist office) and La Croix de Nabor (6 km, 90 m) both start at the top of the Chavannes Express: you get the ridge views without the climb. The other side of Mont Chéry (8.5 km, 375 m) starts from Les Places car park.

For fit walkers

The Grand Tour du Mont Chéry is the only red-graded walk among those documented: 14.6 km, 460 m of climbing, about 5 hours, starting from the tourist office. The Crests of Mont Chéry (6.5 km, 370 m) are a shorter option starting from the top of the gondola.

Using the lifts

Several walks start at the top of a lift. In summer 2026, foot-passenger access was as follows:

• Mont Chéry gondola: open to foot passengers;
• La Pointe chairlift: foot passengers only;
• Chavannes chairlift: foot passengers uphill only;
• Nauchets chairlift: bikes only, closed to foot passengers.

The Multi Pass Portes du Soleil includes foot-passenger access to the Mont Chéry gondola and the La Pointe and Chavannes chairlifts, according to the tourist office. In 2026, the Chéry lifts ran from 19 June to 30 August: outside that window, walks starting from the top of Mont Chéry mean climbing up on foot. Summer 2027 dates had not been published as of 9 November 2026; check the summer lift calendar.

To reach trailheads without a car, the town hall lists two free shuttle bus lines in summer, from 8.45am to 6.55pm.

Mountain safety

This is general advice; it does not replace the tourist office’s word on trail conditions.

• Check the weather before setting off: a summer thunderstorm can build quickly in the mountains. The tourist office advises staying away from metal lift structures during storms.
• Stay on waymarked paths and respect pastures, fences and livestock.
• Carry water, a warm waterproof layer, sun protection and a charged phone.
• Tell someone your route if you go alone.
• Check the time of the last lift if your return depends on it.
• In an emergency, dial 112.

We only describe trails documented by the tourist office. Other summits nearby (Ranfoilly, Col de l’Encrenaz, Pointe de Nyon) are not among its official summer walks; ask the tourist office or a mountain leader before heading there.

And in winter?

When the snow arrives, the tourist office offers groomed walking trails (La Mouille Ronde, Lassare, Le Pleney, Mont Caly, Le Bouchet, Nauchets viewpoint) and snowshoe trails (the far side of Mont Chéry, Tour du Golf, Les Cornuts via the Col de Lachat). Distances are not published. Before setting off, see our weather, webcams and snow page.