La Dent du Corbeau

Date of your route : Aug 24, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Well signposted all the way, just as you reach the edge of the forest, be careful not to drive into it, you can get out but you'll have to do a bit of off-roading, so be careful, otherwise it's great.

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Date of your route : Aug 27, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely hike along the ridges. It’s not difficult, but you should avoid it if you suffer from vertigo.
The access road is quite a slog, but it’s well worth the effort. Superb views of all the mountain ranges and Lake Annecy.

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Date of your route : Aug 28, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

An interesting hike, although we weren’t able to reach the final summit (which was shrouded in cloud). The section along the ridge to Les Lanches isn’t that bad (in our opinion): at worst, you might slip in the blueberries. However, we didn’t follow the ridge all the way to the Dent du Corbeau.
One detail: the small road from Notre Dame des Millières to the car park at the Chalet de l’Ebaudiaz is long (at least 45 minutes in second gear).
The view was still worth the detour.

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Date of your route : Jul 02, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

We didn’t follow the exact route suggested by Visorando (the north ridge of the Dent du Corbeau was too difficult and exposed for some members of our group).

Up to the Cime de la Grande Lanche, we followed the Visorando guide, then descended to Lac de Queige, before making a return trip to Lac Rond, 100 m higher: a small, very picturesque lake; we descended the eastern slope to the Chalet de la Lanche, then attempted to follow a path marked with a dotted line on IGN 3432 ET (but which no longer exists!!), south then west to the Chalet du Golet, then reached (via barely visible paths) the Col de Charvan and from there, the summit of the Dent du Corbeau via the south ridge: fairly easy but you need to use your hands near the summit.
From the Col de Charvan, we reached the Chalet de l’Ebaudiaz via the sometimes invisible path that cuts across the western slope of the Dent du Corbeau.

Elevation gain: 1,150 m. A very beautiful, wild and panoramic route, but suitable only for experienced mountain walkers who are not put off by long stretches off the beaten track; if there is a risk of fog (common on this range of the Lauzière Massif), a GPS is essential.

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Date of your route : Oct 14, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A magnificent autumn hike amidst the red bilberries , breathtaking 360-degree views, few people
The only slight "snag" is the access road... you need to be careful as not everyone has a light touch on the accelerator... but once you’re at the top, you quickly forget this minor inconvenience

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Date of your route : May 30, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant hike, fairly easy when there’s no snow… When there is snow, the path isn’t visible and you have to make do as best you can by following the ridgelines. In fact, the path goes through some gullies that I think are best avoided.

Once on the ridge line, there’s nothing particularly technical apart from a short section where the snow makes it a bit tricky to judge the terrain.

Hike completed on 30/05/2019; I didn’t come across a single hiker (just me and the mountain...), only a few walkers and paragliders near the chalet.

The road up to the Ebaudiaz chalet is quite long and very narrow; drive carefully and watch out for oncoming traffic....

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