Skip to content
Destinations
Weather & climate
Nature
Outdoors
Culture
Events
Sky & live
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite view
Local route · Geneva · Switzerland

De Staël - Place Verte

Hiking route · 3.3 km · 55 m ↑ · 55 min · T1
By public transport
Distance3.3 kmone way
Ascent55 mdescent 22 m
Highest point426 mlowest 391 m
Walking time55 minDIN 33466, no breaks
GradeT1hiking
Efforteasytime and climb
iThe route

De Staël - Place Verte in brief

De Staël - Place Verte is a 3.3 km hiking route (T1) from Carouge to Troinex, Geneva, Switzerland.

It climbs 55 m and descends 22 m, topping out at 426 m; it starts at 391 m and ends at 426 m.

The DIN 33466 walking time is 55 min without breaks (4 km an hour on the level, 300 m an hour uphill, 500 m downhill).

On the SAC hiking scale it is graded T1 (hiking). In terms of effort it counts as easy.

41% of the way is on natural paths, 7% on gravel and 51% on tarmac; 82% of it runs through forest.

The best months are March–April, judged by temperature and rain at the highest point.

At the high point the warmest month, July, averages 27° by day.

A bus stop or station lies within 800 m of the start or the finish. There is a car park near the start.

Facts

Distance
3.3 km
Ascent / descent
55 m / 22 m
Highest / lowest point
426 m / 391 m
Walking time
55 min
Grade
T1 · hiking
Effort
easy
Steepest kilometre
3 %
In forest
82 %
Best months
Mar–Apr
Start
Carouge
Finish
Troinex
Network
Local route
iiMap & profile

The line on the ground

Elevation profile

Height every 20 m
Move along the profile to follow the route on the map.
iiiWhen to go

The year month by month

  1. Janpossible
  2. Febpossible
  3. Margood
  4. Aprgood
  5. Maygood, wetter
  6. Jungood, wetter
  7. Julpossible
  8. Augpossible
  9. Sepgood, wetter
  10. Octgood, wetter
  11. Novgood, wetter
  12. Decpossible

Climate at the high point (426 m)

Averages 1981–2010 adjusted to the height with 6.5 °C per km; daylight at the start
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high6°8°13°17°21°25°27°27°22°16°10°6°
Average low-1°-1°2°5°9°13°14°14°11°7°3°0°
Precipitation80 mm68 mm81 mm77 mm95 mm87 mm79 mm84 mm98 mm110 mm92 mm102 mm
Daylight9 h 01 min10 h 21 min11 h 51 min13 h 32 min14 h 57 min15 h 45 min15 h 26 min14 h 12 min12 h 36 min10 h 59 min9 h 28 min8 h 39 min
ivForecast

This week on the route

Loading the latest forecast…

vAlong the way

Kilometre by kilometre

kmWhatNameElevation
0.0Town or villageCarouge · 0.7 km off the route388 m
0.0Town or villageOnex · 2.5 km off the route426 m
0.0Railway stationGenève-Stade386 m
0.0Shelter––
0.1Town or villagePlan-les-Ouates · 1.6 km off the route407 m
0.1Railway stationLancy-Bachet–
1.8Town or villageTroinex424 m
3.2Town or villageBossey · 1.9 km off the route475 m
3.2Town or villageCollonges-sous-Salève · 2.8 km off the route555 m
3.3Town or villageVeyrier · 2.3 km off the route424 m
viUnderfoot

Surface, shade and gradients

Surface

  • Natural path 41 %
  • Gravel 7 %
  • Tarmac 51 %

Forest

  • under trees 82 %
  • measured every 50 m

Gradients

  • < 5 %: 91 %
  • 5–10 %: 9 %
  • 10–15 %: 0 %
  • 15–25 %: 0 %
  • ≥ 25 %: 0 %
ixGetting there

Start, stops and airports

Start
46.17635° N, 6.13288° E · 391 m
Finish
46.16720° N, 6.15472° E · 426 m
Car park at the start
yes · 43 m
Stop at the start
Lancy-Bachet · Railway station · 302 m
Stop at the finish
Marsillon · Bus stop · 38 m
Nearest airport
Geneva International Airport (GVA) · 7.1 km
Nearest airport
Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) · 27.6 km

Conditions change: check the official sources, the signposts and the weather before you set off. Walking times follow DIN 33466 and do not include breaks. Route data as of 2026-10-16. Report an error