We parked and unpacked the van and didn't drive it for the whole time we were there. The free shuttle bus stopped right outside the campsite and with a Multipass, all of the summer chairlifts were ours for 5 days for the grand sum of 12 Euros! We saw all the towns and villages to the East of the area and were able to see spectacular views from the mountains. We did a lot of walking but using the chairlifts meant that we were able to go way, way further than our legs could carry us. We viewed Lake Leman (Geneva) on one side of the area and the high peaks towards Mont Blanc on the other, with all the super green valleys and picture postcard villages in between (well except Avorais!).
Looking down to Montreaux on Lake Leman from Tour De Don (we had some hard walking to get here!).
Highest point on the chairlifts.
Looking up to the higher snowier peaks, including Dents Blanches from about 2300 metres.
His lordship on the zip wire which went across 2 valleys.
If you click on this pic to get the larger version, you might just see him, the little grey figure - take a line across the middle of the picture and go to the right.
We had only planned to stay a couple of nights but stayed 5 and only left when we did because the weather forecast was really bad for 2 days. We will return here, there was so much to see and do and the area is well set up in the summer for all visitors, from families with young children, to walkers of all ages and mountain bikers. The mountain bike trails were everywhere and very well set out with different gradings for all abilities. A chair pass at 90 Euros for a week for a biker gives access to every trail across the area and we thought was great value. You'd never do them all but with the chairlifts, you don't have to waste anytime getting up the mountains.
Anyways, we left in the pouring rain but said we'd return to the area to see some more, as we'd had such a good time.
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