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Update 12 August 2019: Municipal decree prohibiting access to the Chemin des Géants following the storm in early July. Rockfalls have occurred and the path presents a risk of falling rocks.
It is important to check in advance whether this ban has been lifted since that date.
(S) Start from the car park before Tamié Abbey and follow the tarmac road until you reach a slight left-hand bend after four hairpin bends at an altitude of 1,050 metres. You will see the start of the Chemin des Géants on your left (sign + wooden barrier carved with a goat's head).
Continue along this obvious path, marked with yellow paint. Keep climbing the ridge, without taking the forest track (muddy), which makes the route longer.
(1) At an altitude of 1,450 metres, the path joins the track (signposted Chalet and Col du Drison).
(2) Take the track uphill for 100 metres and then take the path on the right.
(3) After 400m (west), after a left turn to the west, you will see the valley, the chalet, the pass and the Pointe de la Sambuy (2198m).
(4) Pass the Chalet du Drison and climb the obvious grassy slope (as the path has been destroyed by avalanches this spring) to the Col du Drison (1,756m).
(5). Follow the ridge, which becomes steeper and narrower, to the summit of Parc du Mouton (1,859 m), marked by a cairn of small stacked stones. After a three-hour walk, you will be rewarded with a magnificent panorama of Mont Blanc and a view overlooking Albertville.
(6) Begin the return journey along the same route (you can cut across a little, as shown on the map) to the chalet.
(4) Pass below on the left via a well-marked path that runs alongside the Bar stream to reach the Chalet du Plan du Tour.
(7) Continue on to return to the Abbaye de Tamié car park (S/E).
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