High points around here...

I know it is not correct to affirm it, but sometimes it looks like Geneva is inside a bay. Surrounded by the Jura and the Saleve mountain chains, and a kind of visual trick, it also looks like the Mont Blanc is also veeeeery close right after the Saleve mountain. Is it nicely visible in the map I prepared with a picture from the Wikipedia? At the bottom end of the Lake Leman is Geneve!



With a Celtic rooted name, which means forest (i.e. forest mountain), the Jura chain separates the Rhine and the Rone rivers and is present in both France/Switzerland territory. In Switzerland, the range covers the western border with France in the cantons of Basel, Solothurn, Jura, Bern, Neuchâtel, and Vaud. It is one of the three distinct geographical points and produces delicious wines, cheese and has a watch making industry. Formed by tectonic movements, close to its highest peak (Le Crêt de la Neige at 1,720 m) it is possible to ski and hike, according to the weather and season.

At the "opposite" side, the Saleve mountain has an amazing view for the Geneva city and its surroundings from the telepheric and a restaurant at the top. It was also formed over the last 100 million years and has different stratification. It is reachable with bus number 8 direction Veyrier-Douane.

As a visual effect, we can also see the Mont Blanc!!!THat is it! La Dame Blanche as French call her sometimes. Its highest peak is 4810m above sea level and you can choose to go around there to ski e.g. in Chamonix. It is a visual effect because it seems so close, though it is located about 120Km from here. So nice! Under it you can pass through one of the longest tunnels of Europe, a very important road in transportation affair. It also has some climbing routes, but I believe you have to be in good shape to do that.

Meet you in some of these routes? Don't think so.
These are some of the views from our windows!

Frontal view of Saleve, with the neighbor's antenna.


Tchau all!