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This hike offers some impressive elevation gains (both positive and negative)!
It all starts at the Bois refuge in Champagny-le-Haut.
(S) Head towards the stream and cross the bridge.
Take the path on the right. After 100 metres, continue straight ahead, do not take the path that climbs towards Plan des Gouilles. Follow the stream to the reservoir. Continue straight ahead, the path enters the forest and begins to climb.
Shortly afterwards, you will come to a path descending from the left.
(1). Continue to the right, ignoring the two paths that branch off to the right further on. Continue climbing to Enclos du Seil.
(2) When you reach another crossroads, turn left onto the path that climbs quite steeply in zigzags. Ignore the path on the left leading to the Meribel chalets and finish the climb to the Tour du Merle.
(3) Begin the descent down a slope that gradually levels out until you reach the hamlet of Plan Fournier.
(4) Follow the small road for a short while, then take the path on the left, which overlooks it. You will cross it at the next bend. Continue in this way until you reach the Fontaine Froide stream.
(5) Cross it. Continue straight ahead, then take the steep, zigzagging path on the left, which leads to the Grand Bec refuge.
(6). Climb a little further and go around a cirque of stones to descend towards the Col de Leschaux.
(7). From there, follow the path that descends steeply towards Pralognan, with a 1,100-metre drop. You can see the village clearly from up here. Continue on to the hamlet of Les Darbelay.
(8) Take the southbound trail that goes around Mont Bochor to reach Pralognan (E).
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Very difficult 
