Boucle entre les vallées de la Guisane et de la Clarée

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Boucle au départ du pont de l'Alpe qui permet de remonter en balcon la vallée de la Guisane (au-dessus du Monêtier-les-Bains), la vallée de la Clarée (avec un petit détour par le lac de la Laramon) et terminer par un tour du massif des Cerces.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 29.12 mi
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    Average duration: 3 days 
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    Difficulty: Difficult
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    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 8,169 ft
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    Descent: - 8,212 ft
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    Highest point: 8,579 ft
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    Lowest point: 5,581 ft

Photos

Lac du Grand Ban

Stages of the route

This route needs several days, find the details below:

  1. S

    Pont de l'Alpe - Refuge de Buffère

    ↔9.74 mi ↗3,209 ft ↘2,054 ft
    Première étape. Remontée en balcon de la Vallée de la Guisane depuis le Pont de l'Alpe jusqu'au Col de Buffère puis descente vers la Vallée de le Clarée jusqu'au Refuge de Buffère.
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  2. 2

    Refuge de Buffère - Refuge des Drayères

    ↔10.30 mi ↗2,946 ft ↘2,595 ft
    Seconde étape. Remontée de la Vallée de la Clarée en balcon en passant par le Lac de Laramon avec de magnifiques points de vue sur le Massif des Cerces.
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  3. E
    Refuge des Drayères - Pont de l'Alpe

    Refuge des Drayères – Pont de l’Alpe

    ↔9.08 mi ↗2,014 ft ↘3,563 ft
    3rd and final stage. Starting from the Refuge des Drayères, head up to the source of the Clarée and return to Pont de l’Alpe via the Col de la Ponsonnière. A tour of the Massif des Cerces taking in numerous lakes, each more beautiful than the last: in turn, the Clarée, Rond, Grand Ban, Cerces, Ponsonnière and, finally, the Grand Lac.
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