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PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION

Since moving to the Geneva area about 50 years ago, the mountains of the Haute Savoie have been part of our lives. In good weather the Môle and the Salève are always visible across the lake, with the peaks of the Chablais behind and the glistening snows of Mont Blanc towering over all. It is a view we will never tire of, and the walks in this guide lead visitors into the spectacular beauty of what has become our home.

As revisers, we have had great pleasure in preparing this new edition and in re-discovering the delights of the walks we did in our younger days. In the past two years all the walks have been re-done by ourselves and helpers, relying on a few younger – and faster – friends in the case of the more challenging ones.

Although the walking takes longer as the years pass, route finding has become easier, for new signposts and information boards have sprung up almost everywhere. As a result all the route descriptions needed updating, and an increase in building has necessitated the re-routing of some walks or finding a more suitable parking place at the start. Two walks have been suppressed and even lovelier new ones added in their place.

The general introduction has been revised and the walks re-structured into six sections, each with its own introduction. Each walk is accompanied by a new sketch map which overlays a recorded GPS track and key features on a colourful Cicerone base map, and by a profile plot which shows the steepness of the uphill and downhill sections. In addition, the many new photos will illustrate to readers the variety and beauty of this region which we have grown to love so much.

Alan Norton and Pamela Harris

Janette Norton descending from the Col de Planchamp (Walk 20)