Pointe du Genevrier

Pointe du Genevrier is a peak in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 2,870 metres. Pointe du Genevrier is situated nearby to the locality Plan du Buet, as well as near Traces des dinosaures.

Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mont Buet and Glacier de Tré les Eaux.

Mont Buet

Peak

Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.

The Mont Buet is a mountain of the Chablais Alps in Haute-Savoie, France. Mont Buet has played an important role in the history of science at the end of the eighteenth century when a series of Genevan scientists such as Jean-André Deluc, Horace Bénédict de Saussure or Marc-Auguste Pictet climbed to the summit to carry out scientific observations.

Glacier de Tré les Eaux

Glacier

Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Grenier de Commune

Peak

Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Grenier de Commune is a 2,775 m high mountain in the Chablais Alps in Haute-Savoie, France.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Châlets de Frénalay and Montroc.

Châlets de Frénalay

Hamlet

Photo: Rexcornot, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Châlets de Frénalay is a hamlet.

Montroc

Hamlet

Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Montroc is a hamlet in eastern France, located in the territory of the commune of Chamonix. Several houses at Poses 150 m north-east of Montroc were destroyed on 9 February 1999 by a slab avalanche from Bec du Lachat and Mont Peclerey on the Mont Blanc massif, killing 12 people. Montroc is situated 8 km southeast of Pointe du Genevrier.