Quatre Têtes, Mountain summit in Sallanches, France.
Quatre Têtes is a 2,364 m summit in the Aravis range above Sallanches, Haute-Savoie. Its gray rock top has steep, vertically striated cliffs on the right face, a sharp ridge rising from the left, and patches of snow on the left slope and in gullies near the top. Loose gray scree and green grass descend toward the foreground.
The Quatre Têtes, at 2,364 m in the Aravis range above Sallanches, is reached by a path that also serves the Doran and Mayères refuges, both accessible from the Burzier parking area above the town. The summit appears on French maps alongside the pointe Percée (2,750 m), the pointe de la Carmélite (2,477 m) and the tête de l'Adroit (1,751 m).
The name Quatre Têtes, "four heads", refers to the summit's group of rocky tops above Sallanches. Walkers on the path pass two mountain refuges, Doran and Mayères, both reached from the Burzier car park above the town; the nearby Pointe Percée rises to 2,750 m.
The hike starts from the Burzier parking area and follows mountain trails with varying difficulty across meadows and rocky sections. Sturdy footwear and good orientation skills help as some stretches are exposed and weather at altitude changes quickly.
The route to the summit passes two mountain refuges, Doran and Mayères, both reached from the Burzier car park above Sallanches. The summit itself stands at 2,364 m in the Aravis range, and the Pointe Percée, at 2,750 m, rises nearby.
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