How to reach the tourist office?
From 01/06 to 15/11.
Subject to favorable weather.
Free of charge.
The Sauffaz's waterfall is fed by the torrent of the small valley of Sales, low forming the Cascade du Rouget. The Pleureuse's waterfall owes its name with the fact that the water which feeds it, comes from the resurgences pointing out the flow of tears.
Sauffraz waterfall gets its source from the torrent in the small valley of Sales, leading to Rouget waterfall lower down.
The Pleureuse waterfall owes its name to its water source coming from seeping water that resembles tears (pleurer = 'to cry' in French).
Between resurgences and waterfalls, the ascent to the little Sales valley offers beautiful panoramic views. Relax in the Alpine pastures or continue to the Dérochoir to admire a plunging view over the Mont Blanc valley.
At the foot of the Fiz mountain range, discover a mountain pasture along the waterside. Around the Lake of Anterne, sheep and marmots enjoy their time in the pasture.
This path overlooks the Sales mountain stream. It is dotted with lots of waterfalls...bearing names such as La Pleureuse, La Sauffaz, Sale, Tarnant.
A beautiful 2 days escapade between resurgences, waterfalls and magnificent panoramas. In the southern part of the Sixt-Passy nature reserve, follow this beautiful itinerary towards the alpage of Sales and its soothing setting.
Opposite Mont Blanc, cross the largest natural reserve in Haute-Savoie: Sixt-Passy. The trail combines minerals, its rare internationally-renowned geological features of limestone pavements, with alpine pastures and lakes (the Lac d'Antern...
