Le Platary

Date of your route : Nov 09, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful route, with a steady climb, starting at 8:30 a.m. from Chichiliane and arriving at the top at 11 a.m. As a bonus, when we came out of the forest, we saw three does and one stag on the ridge, heading south. The view was beautiful, but the chilly north wind prompted us to descend a little to have our picnic.

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Date of your route : Sep 29, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful hike through the woods for the first part, steep climb after the sheepfold, beautiful view at the summit.
Patous (shepherd dogs) present on the direct route via the sheepfold

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

Hike completed on 22 June 2025. Please be careful during the summer grazing season, as there are herds and sheepdogs between points 3 and 4. The route is diverted from point 3, La Chanas, to point 7, Petichet. Arrive on the D7, climb up the left-hand side for 100 metres to find a track on the left with a signpost for Platary.

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Date of your route : Feb 23, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hike done this February when there wasn't much snow left, except on the open part below the ridge and the summit. Magnificent 360° view, with a few steep sections at the end of the climb and at the start of the descent, but nothing too difficult.
Just note that between points 1 and 2, it is not necessary to follow the road, which can even be unpleasant in summer. Below and to the right of point 1, there is a path (Le Platary is indicated there), which joins the road at point 2 before entering the forest climb. This is much more pleasant and less dangerous than the road, which is certainly busy in summer.

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Date of your route : Jan 20, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Date of hike: Sunday, 17 January 2020
A little snow above 1,300 m. Unfortunately, the overcast weather prevented us from admiring the landscape, which detracted from the appeal of this outing.
The duration of the hike is overestimated. It takes about 5 hours instead of 6 hours.
With snow, the rutted path before the Prayer Pass is easily passable with snowshoes.

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Date of your route : Nov 17, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

The route is a snowshoe trail, so it takes a few liberties with the path, which is well marked.
Not enough snow to put on snowshoes.
The DFCI track on the way back was ruined by logging operations and virtually impassable: mud, ruts, branches, uprooted stones... a real nightmare on the way down.
Otherwise, it was a pleasant climb, in a misty atmosphere worthy of a film.

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Date of your route : Oct 28, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Beautiful view at the top of Platary, but be careful in summer as it is impossible to complete the circular route due to the sheep grazing in the mountain pastures. (At the summit, the sign indicating the descent has even been removed).
And there has been forestry work carried out on the section that starts after crossing the departmental road just before reaching the Col du Prayer: it is a real muddy gap, badly damaged and really difficult to access after the wet weather we had in October!

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We were on foot. This circular route is shorter but definitely steeper....

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Date of your route : May 12, 2018
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

We just did a round trip from the pass. The climb up the trail isn't always exciting, but once you're out of the woods, it's beautiful and the view at the top is magnificent!

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Hello
Were you on foot or wearing snowshoes?
Thank you

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Date of your route : May 02, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very beautiful hike in spring. You can do a circular hike starting from Prayer Pass (less elevation gain and fewer kilometres). Follow the route: start at point 6, climb to point 5, descend steeply from point 5 to point 3, and then reach point 7. The view and the ridge are magnificent.

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