The Mole

See also: Mole

the Mole is a Montagne of Haute-Savoie which dominates the small town of Bonneville and the communes of Ayze, Marignier, Saint-Jeoire-in-Faucigny, Viuz-in-Sallaz, Peillonnex and Faucigny which surrounds it, but also the towns of Cluses in south-east, of the Roche-sur-Foron with south-west and Annemasse in the North-West.

The mountain of the Mole to the shape of an almost perfect cone: 7 km in length for 5 km in width, with an altitude of 1.863 Mr. C' are a small mountain for Haute-Savoie, but it has a great geographical importance: it separates the Vallée from Arve, in the south and the west, of the Vallée of Giffre, in north and south-east, and orders the southern entry of the basin Genevois. Its specific form constitutes an excellent natural reference mark for the mountain dwellers and the travellers on tens of kilometers around.

On its southern side opens out the small one but famous vineyard of Ayze, in the North-West the plate of the Faucigny and in south-east a dorsal which joined the Large-Solid mass.

The excursion at the top (4 hours of walk A/R, 12 km and 663 meters of uneven) allows without too much difficulty (it is traditional family) of discovering a superb panorama with 360° on all the surrounding landscapes (the Jura, Lac Léman, Massif of Mont Blanc, Chaîne of Bargy and Salève)

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