Natural Reserve of Fer-à-Cheval Cirque

The Fer à Cheval is the largest mountain cirque in the Alps. Ringed by towering cliffs, the cirque is breathtakingly beautiful throughout the year but it is most spectacular in the spring, when melting snow swells its waterfalls to majestic proportions.

Description

Lying at the eastern end of the Giffre Valley, the cirque forms an immense amphitheatre almost 5 km across and bounded by 500- to 700-m high limestone cliffs. In June, dozens of waterfalls cascade down these huge walls. The Fer à Cheval attracts large numbers of visitors and is twinned with the Gavarnie Cirque in the Pyrenees.

Équipements

• Picnic area
• Public WC
• Themed path
• Orientation board
• Pay car park
• Parking nearby
• Coach parking

Complément accueil

PLEASE NOTE: in summer, mountain bikes (on the path towards Fond de la Combe) are prohibited from 12.30 pm to 6 pm from the 1st July to the 31st August.

PLEASE NOTE, you are entering the Sixt-Passy Nature Reserve:
In spring and until the 30th of June, dogs are forbidden from the reception chalet.
From the 1st of July, dogs are allowed on a lead up to the Prazon snack chalet.

Services

• Coach access
• Shop
• Shuttlebus
• Tourist brochures

Environnements

• Lakeside or by stretch of water
• Riverside
• Forest location
• Mountain view
• Mountain location
• River 5 km away

Tarifs

Free entry but parking fee is compulsory. The Fer-à-Cheval car park is subject to a charge from the beginning of May to mid-September.

Anyone with a disability card, entitled "mobilité inclusion", will be granted free parking.

Période d'ouverture

All year round.

Localisation

6.5 km from Sixt, accessible by car via the D 907.

Documents

• Natural Reserve of Fer-à-Cheval Cirque (pdf)