Pointe d'Almet, Mountain summit in Le Grand-Bornand, France.
Pointe d'Almet is a 2,232-metre summit in Haute-Savoie, the highest point of a small east-west chain between the Col de la Colombière and the Col des Annes above Le Reposoir. Its upper face shows pale grey rock breaking through green vegetation in long branching streaks, with a rounded peak on the left and a lower ridge to the right. The summit belongs to the Klippe des Annes, lower Jurassic calcareous clays resting on upper Jurassic and upper Cretaceous flysch.
Pointe d'Almet is the highest point of a small mountain chain running east to west between the Col de la Colombière to the northwest and the Col des Annes to the southeast, above the village of Le Reposoir. With the neighbouring peaks, including the Pointe de Grande Combe at 2210 metres, it forms the Klippe des Annes, a block of Lower Jurassic calcareous clays resting on Upper Jurassic and Upper Cretaceous flysch. The summit is reached by a hiking trail from the Col de la Colombière via the Combe des Fours, passing below the Pointe de Grande Combe.
The summit marks the highest point of a small east-west chain between the Col de la Colombière and the Col des Annes, above the village of Le Reposoir. With Mont Lachat de Châtillon to the south, these peaks form the Klippe des Annes, a block of Lower Jurassic calcareous clay resting on Upper Jurassic and Upper Cretaceous flysch.
The only route described in the sources leaves from the Col de la Colombière and climbs via the combe des Fours, passing beneath the Pointe de la Grande Combe before reaching the summit at 2,232 m. The Col des Annes lies to the south-east of the peak, on the other side of the chain.
Pointe d'Almet is the highest point of a small east-west chain between the Col de la Colombière and the Col des Annes. With Mont Lachat de Châtillon to the south it belongs to the Klippe des Annes, a block of Lower Jurassic calcareous clays resting on Upper Jurassic and Upper Cretaceous flysch.
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