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Leave your car in the car park by the chapel in the hamlet of Maissubert, above Chauffayer.
(S/E) Head east along the road to the hamlet of Maisseret, where you’ll join theGR®50, which shares the route with theGRP® Tour du Vieux Chaillol. Turn right onto this path to reach a crossroads.
(1) Turn left onto the road, rejoin theGR® and at the next junction (altitude 1150m) turn left to follow the road to the hamlet of Mallarua (1.2km of tarmac road from the car park).
Just past the old bread oven, turn right onto the track towards Lac de Ruaffan, for 2 km.
At an altitude of 1,450 m, you will reach another junction.
(2) Take the path on the left, leaving the track, and 250m further on, you will reach a cairn on your right.
indicating the new direction.
(3) Take the path that climbs to the right through the forest.
Begin an ascent via tighter hairpin bends which soon becomes more difficult. Vegetation has overgrown the path and it is impossible to see where to place your feet. A Red Circle on a dead tree confirms that you are heading in the right direction (approx. 1650m).
(4) Continue along this track where there is less vegetation, but keep a close eye out for the path at all times.
Reach an altitude of 1,750 metres.
(5) Turn left; red markings on a rock indicate the correct path (see photo). Above all, do not be tempted by a path that branches off to the right and disappears a little further on.
Reach an altitude of 1,875 metres and rejoin the path crossing the Cirque de Larcisse; reach it by keeping to the right at the 1,956-metre mark.
(6) Continue along this path; be careful as it is poorly marked and requires constant attention.
Cross a slightly less rugged section to reach the spot known locally as ‘the waterfall’.
(7) Look out for the Red Circles indicating the correct route, and continue the difficult descent over a drop of approximately 200 metres.
(8) You will then come to a better-maintained path which, at an altitude of 1,500 m, joins the Lac de Roaffan trail.
(9) Turn left for about 80 metres to reach another junction.
(10) Turn right onto the path leading back to the start.
(1) Follow the outward route back to the car park where you started (S/E).
Association / Club / Walk leader
Moderate 
Visorando Member
Easy 
Difficult 
