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If you are leaving from La Grave, heading towards Lautaret, take the road on the right just after the tunnel towards "Le Chazelet - Station ski". The road passes over the tunnel again; leave the village of Ventelon on your right and cross Les Terrasses; When you reach the entrance to Le Chazelet, leave the village on your left (you will not be passing through it) and take the road that goes around it on the right, overlooking it. You will arrive at the exit of the village, where you can park either on the descent towards it or at the beginning of the road that continues towards the ski lift station, which is what we did.
(S/E) Head towards the village, descending 250 metres, and just after the chalet-poubelles, take a hairpin turn to the right towards the Emparis plateau on theGR®54(white and red markings).
Walk for 250 metres to reach a Y-junction.
(1) Leave theGR®54on your left towards the Emparis plateau and turn right towards the Shepherds' Yurt and the Pic du Mas de la Grave. You will soon reach another Y-junction.
(2) Leave the track that continues towards Les Rivets on your right and descend to the left towards the stream, which you cross via a bridge lined with wooden railings, just next to a house by the water. You are now on the track, which you can follow without risk of going wrong. Cross the Ruisseau de Bernes and you will then arrive at the Ruisseau des Combettes.
Bear right to follow the latter and reach the fords of the Torrent du Gâ.
(3) Ford the stream and turn left onto the track towards the Buffe chalets.
After 900m, the track fords the bed of a large tributary of the Gâ and passes in front of a sheepfold in the middle of a cattle gathering area.
400m further on, you pass near some yurts, then cross a small hamlet of old stone huts. Continue for 600m and cross another ford to arrive in front of the Buffe hut.
(4) From the Buffe hut, head back in the opposite direction on the track towards the south-east and you will come to the fork in the tracks.
(3) Leave the ford you crossed earlier on your right and continue along the same track. You will reach the track above the Croix du Tuf.
(5) Continue along the track towards Le Chazelet, and after crossing a thalweg, you will pass the hamlets of Rivet de la Cime, Rivet du Milieu and Rivet du Pied in succession.
After a bend in the track, take the path on the left that leads directly to the cross at the edge of the track below, cutting across a large hairpin bend.
From the cross, the path continues and cuts across another bend in the track to lead directly to the Pertus bridge, which you cross. Shortly afterwards, you will come to the crossroads of the circular you passed on the way there.
(2) Follow the same route as on the way out to return to the Chazelet car park (S/E).
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