La Dent du Chat Mountain

Difficult route. The starting point is the car park at the Base de Loisirs des Lacs in St Jean de Chevelu or the car park at the La Source hotel-restaurant.

Caution: the final climb is aerial and technical: be very careful. The path is bordered by rocky bars: do not stray from the path. Passages with cables are your own responsibility. The chroniclers of the Middle Ages mention in their accounts the existence of an ugly tomcat who terrorised everyone crossing the pass. He would let 19 people pass but always devoured the 20th. Fortunately, a brave and inspired soldier on his way home had the idea of having his rifle blessed by the parish priest before climbing the mountain. The beast, hit in the heart, rolled into the lake. According to some, it is not dead and on stormy days, its anger capsizes boats on Lac du Bourget. Was it this cursed cat whose exploits gave the mountain its name, or was it the name of the mountain that inspired the legend?