The Chemin des Alpages from La Rosière

Start from the Plan de l’Arc car park.

(S/E) Head north and cross the leisure area towards the start of the Plan du Repos chairlift.

(1) Pass the lower chairlift station on your left and follow a wide, downhill track suitable for vehicles.

(2) Pass the Putéruit chalets on your left and take a sharp right-hand bend. Then take a sharp left-hand bend and you’ll reach the Torrent des Moulins.

(3) Cross the bridge over the torrent and follow a balcony path heading south-south-west. Pass in front of an EDF building.

(4) At the junction, turn right (due south) onto a path leading downhill.

(5) Cross a stream via a footbridge and walk past the Petit Bois chalets.

(6) At the junction, turn right and walk through the hamlet of Le Vaz. Pass a chairlift line. Shortly afterwards, cross the Torrent des Moulins, follow the switchbacks uphill and pass under the chairlift line.

(7) At the junction, follow a path running along the hillside to the right. Pass under the chairlift line again. Take a hairpin bend to the left, then another to the right. Do not pass under the chairlift line again; follow the signs for La Rosière – La Devanchaz.

(8) At La Devanchaz, follow a track suitable for vehicles to the left. At the next junction, under the chairlift, turn right and you’ll return to the Plan de l’Arc car park (S/E).

Picnic tables, dry toilets and a water point at Le Vaz.
Water point at Plan de l’Arc.

Make the most of the various facilities (children’s play area, picnic tables with barbecue, climbing wall, pétanque and football pitches).