The 11 most beautiful hikes to do around Grenoble

Are you looking for hiking around Grenoble? This falls well, this “very nature” city of the Alps seems to lend itself!

Grenoble is a mountain town that seduces visitors by its ability to surprise them. Indeed, it is a heteroclite city that combines all kinds of travellers. Between History and Nature, culture and architecture, you will not be bored... Especially since the gastronomy is not the rest!

Today we offer you to visit Grenoble through its surrounding, raw and amazing nature. Due to the presence of massive encircling the city (Vercors, Chartreuse, Belledonne), you can make many hikes around Grenoble!

Discover these atypical routes that will give you magnificent views and memories!

1. Lake Lauvitel

Located between the Aiguille de Venosc and the Pointe de Malhaubert, Lake Lauvitel is a true paradise of tranquility. Accessible only on foot, it is a raw concentrate.

From the hamlet of the Danchère, the ascent begins quickly and hardly! However, once at the edge of the lake, you forget all the effort when you contemplate this little protected gem. Also know that it is possible to swim or have lunch.

2. The tower of Mont Aiguille

Mont Aiguille is a remarkable mountain, integrated into the Vercors massif, located south of Grenoble. Recognisable by its atypical form, it is as erect out of the earth.

Depending on where you are located, the mountain has a different facet: real fine needle or solid block. This trail offers you to turn around it, approaching you by place of the needle, the famous, which gives it its name.

Note that among the hikes around Grenoble, this tour is one of the most demanding paths physically!

3. The Great Som and the Great Chartreuse

The Chartreuse massif is bordered by the city of Grenoble, which settled at its feet. In his heart, several mountains, including the Petit and the Grand Som.

At the departure of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, including the Musée de la Grande Chartreuse a little more on the heights, climb to the Grand Som. You will follow the stream of Saint-Bruno, pass by the Petit Som before crossing the Grand Som completely.

A magnificent viewpoint awaits you on the valley and the surrounding mountains. If time allows, you can also see it Mont Blanc Northeast!

4. The Mont Jalla and Mont Rachais circuit

If you want to visit Grenoble in an original way, here is the hike you need! Even if its abrupt denial can cool more than one, the game is clearly worth the candle.

The path begins first at the Fort de la Bastille, a point of interest in Greece. You then directly attack the climb to Mount Jalla before continuing to Mount Rachais.

On both sides of the trail, you can see the inhabited valleys and the city below. A hike that rewards its adventurers by viewing the city, the Isère and the Drac as well as the valley formed by the three massifs (Vercors, Chartreuse, Belledonne) !

5. Lake Crozet from the 4 Paths

With its Canadian lake areas, Crozet Lake is a must in the grenobloise region. It is one of the many lakes of the Grand Massif de Belledonne... But he is also one of the most beautiful!

If the path to its ascension can be coriace in places, it remains a beautiful hike! Varied, it alternates between forest, undergrowth, plains and imposing rocks.

Finally, once on the shore of the lake, you know why you provided so much effort. The lake itself is of a nameless beauty and the view is indescribable. Back to the lake, you can observe, among other things, the Dent de Crolles, a mountainous formation of the Chartreuse massif!

6. The Lac des Pourettes, the Roberts lakes and the pass of Lessines

Discovering the region through the hikes around Grenoble is a good idea, because you read the useful to the pleasant. In the east of the city, along the Grand Pic de Belledonne, discover this sumptuous mountain hike.

It will guide you through a still wild nature to the lakes of the Pourettes and Robert, passing through the pass of the Lessines (2,100 meters above sea level). Access to the pass is at the price of a slight detour but you will enjoy an incredible view of the mountains and the steep valley of the Romanche!

7. Lake Eychauda

The Parc National des Écrins is a mountainous park, spread over the massif of the same name, located in the Alps. Composed of many lakes, it is that of Eychauda that interests us particularly!

First because it is one of the largest in the park. Then, because it is a glacial lake, that is, it is there because of the erosion caused by the ice.

So, from Chambran on a way back, climb to this lake where icebergs sometimes float (even in the summer)! Also, if you have enough strength, continue to the col des Grangettes. Just like from the lake, the view is spectacular!

8. The Vercors loop at the Grand Veymont

In the heart of the Vercors massif, go to meet a very rich wild fauna and magnificent landscapes that time has shaped. This large buckle is located in the Nature Reserve of the Hauts-Plateaux du Vercors!

It is one of the hikes around Grenoble that gives you a pleasant feeling of freedom and life. It promises a panoramic view from the Grand Veymont, culminating at 2,341 metres above sea level.

You can see Mont Aiguille. Also, from the Pas de la Ville, you can choose to fork to the city of... The City!

9. The cascades of the circus of Saint-Même

If you have always wanted to discover the source of a river, then here is the hike you need! From Saint-Pierre-d’Entremont, go back to Le Guiers Vif, overlooking beautiful waterfalls.

Notably, in the middle of the course, amaze yourself in front of the Grande Cascade, surrounded by its many trees... Instants of bright freshness guaranteed! Rather short and loop-shaped, this trail makes you discover by the same occasion, the circus of Saint-Même .

10. Lake Achard, the pass of Trois Fontaines and the cross of Chamrousse

This hike is not far from the ski resort of Chamrousse, around the Rocher de la Perche, in the Belledonne massif. At the start of the children’s village Bachat Bouloud, start your climb to Lake Achard. This is a lake under the Natura 2000 protection, so some prohibitions are applied, such as swimming and camping.

However, it is a great place that also has Canadian lake airs, like Lake Crozet mentioned above. Once you have taken advantage of the lake, you will continue to the pass of the Three Fountains and finally the cross of Chamrousse (which is also a teleski base).

We recommend you stop there to enjoy its magnificent panoramic view: Grenoble, the Chartreuse massif or the Vercors...

11. Chamechaude from the Porte pass

It is true that hikes around Grenoble require a lot of effort overall. This is how this path, though popular, will ask you for some physical training!

Indeed, the denial constantly increases to go, as well as decreases in return. You will pass through the Sectional Forest of Montquaix, where nature has no limit. At the key, a wonderful and panoramic view of the mountains of the region, such as Mont Aiguille, or the Vercors.

Also, don't miss the Mont Blanc, which stands proudly off!