Pointe de la Sambuy, Mountain summit in Faverges-Seythenex, France

Pointe de la Sambuy is a limestone summit in the Bauges range rising to around 2,200 meters in the Haute-Savoie region. The terrain features open slopes with thermal updrafts ideal for paragliding and multiple hiking routes of varying difficulty.

The summit became part of the Bauges Massif Regional Nature Park when it was established in 1995 to protect the region's natural landscape. This designation helped ensure that the area would remain managed for both conservation and recreational use.

The name Sambuy comes from sambucus, Latin for elderberry. The mountain's north face, the montagne de Seythenex, holds the Sambuy ski area, and its slopes contain an old iron mine worked from the 15th to the 19th century, probably by the monks of Tamié.

The summit is reached on foot from the Sambuy ski resort on the north face, whose lifts serve the slopes below the peak; the climb to the top takes about three to four hours. The mountain lies in the Bauges Massif Regional Nature Park, and the weather can change quickly at this altitude, so bring layers and rain protection.

The name Sambuy comes from sambucus, Latin for elderberry, a plant once common on these slopes. On the mountain's flanks lie the remains of an iron mine worked from the 15th to the 19th century, probably by the monks of Tamié. The summit itself is built of Urgonian limestone.