Pointe des Verts, Mountain summit in Aravis Range, France.
Pointe des Verts is a summit in the Aravis mountain range reaching about 2,555 meters (8,382 feet). The peak sits within a limestone massif offering several routes of varying difficulty for climbers and hikers.
Pointe des Verts, at 2,555 metres, lies in the Aravis range southwest of the Pointe Percée, beyond the combe des Verts, and northeast of the pointe de Chombas. It overlooks the Arve valley and Sallanches to the east, and the refuge de la Pointe Percée – Gramusset and the col des Annes to the northwest. The sources record no medieval boundary role for the summit.
The name Verts refers to the grassy combe des Verts separating the peak from the pointe Percée to the northeast. The summit stands on the boundary between Le Grand-Bornand and Sallanches, above the Arve valley. Hikers based in Sallanches, 6.3 km to the west, see the peak as the local high point of the Aravis chain.
Access is available through marked trails starting from Les Troncs in Lormay, with several routes suited to different skill levels. Winter conditions require experience and caution on the steeper, more technical sections.
Pointe des Verts lies just southwest of the Pointe Percée, beyond the combe des Verts, and northeast of the Pointe de Chombas. Its summit rises 77 metres above the surrounding terrain, and the ridge is only about 130 metres wide at its base. The peak stands 6.3 km east of Sallanches, above the Arve valley.
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