Salève
The Mont Salève is a department in the Haute-Savoie (Haute- Savoie) situated in the Savoy Alps France Mountain, just 6 km from the Swiss city of Geneva, as the mountain he is.
The Salève is an 18 km long from southwest to northeast elongated ridge, consisting of the Pitons in the Southwest, the Great and Little Salève Salève in the Northeast. It measures at the summit of the Grand Pitons (le Grand Piton ) 1380 m. Between the Great and the Little Salève a deep saddle, in which the village lies Monnetier runs. From 1892 to 1935 resulted in an electric cog railway from the Pas de l' échelle at Veyrier on two routes, both for the little guy Salève as well as directly after Monnetier and from there to the Great Salève. 1932, the north end of the Great Salève was made accessible by a cable car up to 1,120 m from the Pas de l' échelle out.
The east side of Salève descends to molasses des Bornes plateau relatively smoothly, while the removed by erosion Geneva side drops abruptly. The mountain range is cut by several narrow and deep gorges. One of these, the " Grande Varappe ", borrowed at the end of the 19th century its name from the French word for climbing ( varapper ), there a lot of practiced activity.
The voreiszeitliche valley of Monnetier that separates the little ones from the Great Salève, was dug by the Arve. When the Salève finally lifted, the Arve dodged to the northeast, where it wraps around the little Salève today.
The Salève is a popular destination because of its proximity to Annemasse and especially to Geneva and offers wonderful views over Geneva, Lake Geneva, the south of the Jura, the Alps to the Mont Blanc massif and Lake Annecy.
For paragliding the Great Salève is well suited because of its good thermal Geneva on the steep west side, which is used frequently in the summer.
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A40 motorway at Salève
Quarry at Salève
Cable car at Salève
Salève
Seen Geneva and Lake Geneva from the Salève