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From the Grésivaudan valley, climb from Brignoud (or Villard-Bonnot) to the hamlet of Prabert on the CD 280 balcony road. From there, take the Pré de l'Arc road, which climbs gradually, pass the Pont de la Betta car park (1294m) and stop 300m further on at a hairpin bend, where the tarmac road ends.
(S/E) Take the path that climbs opposite, heading east towards Pas de la Coche, which is theGRP® du Balcon des Sept Laux. Join a more passable path towards a water intake on the torrent. Continue straight ahead along the pastoral service road that passes near Habert du Muret, climbs through a more wooded area and comes out again onto an alpine pasture, along the power line that climbs to Pas de la Coche.
The slope levels out for a moment, and from here you can see Habert d'Aiguebelle on the left. You will come to a crossroads.
(1) Leave the Pas de la Coche path climbing to the right and turn left to cross the valley and reach Habert d'Aiguebelle. Before reaching it, turn right to climb into the Vallon du Vénétier, straight up the slope and then winding until you come out onto a sort of plateau where the Lacs du Vénétier lakes nestle.
Pass above the first lake, climb up to the second where the slope becomes gentler, and pass by the third, which tends to dry up in summer. Cross towards the bottom of the valley where the terrain becomes more morainic and climb up on the left in regular zigzags to reach the ridge at the Col de la Jasse, clearly visible from below.
(2) At the pass, take the path on the right which climbs steadily along the ridge to the summit, which is approached from the right (Vénétier side).
(3) From the summit, retrace your steps back to the Col de la Jasse.
(2) Before the path you followed on the way up turns towards the Vénétier side, another path branches off to the right, level, towards the Adrets side, to cross a rocky area exposed below the ridge you have just crossed. As soon as the terrain allows, this path plunges into the valley, turns north and then descends in a generally westerly direction.
Descend to a plateau above Lac de la Jasse, where you turn left to reach the Lac ski lift via a level traverse. Climb the last few metres under the ski lift to reach Col de Bédina.
(4) From the pass, follow the Crête de Bedina ridge to the right. Descend via a trail and then a path from the resort on the right, leaving a trail on the left, before turning left for a steep descent that leads to the bottom of the Bedina valley and then, veering right, to Gros Caillou.
(5) From this distinctive rock in the middle of a clearing, take the marked trail that branches off to the left into the forest. It descends steadily to a crossroads near the end of the Pré de l'Arc road.
(6) Join this road at the end of the path and descend it, first heading northwest, then, after a wide curve, southeast and then south. Pass between the buildings of the holiday camp and then, via a tedious descent down the hillside, return to the starting point (S/E).
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