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Departure from Col du Corbier (large car park). Access from the Vallée d'Abondance via Bonnevaux or from the Vallée de Morzine via Le Biot.
Directional signs at major intersections and signposts with yellow arrows from place to place.
(S/E) Take the large metal staircase opposite the car park, which leads between the buildings of the Corbier resort. At the top of the stairs, turn right onto a small road. After a few metres, the tarmac gives way to an alpine track. After a few dozen metres, the track makes a sharp left turn.
(1) Take a sharp right turn: the track climbs steeply through the forest. Continue along the winding track, leave the forest and pass two small chalets (one very recent, one seemingly abandoned). Continue along the steep track to reach the Chalets d'Ouzon.
(2) Continue along the track, which continues to climb steeply towards the north-east. Shortly before reaching the pass, the slope levels out and the path turns left to reach the Col de Plan Champ, from where the rocky summit and its cross are clearly visible to the north-west (to the east, there is a beautiful view of the Mémises-Oche massif).
(3) Just above the pass, west-northwest, there is a chalet that cannot be missed. Take a well-marked path that passes behind this chalet and climbs in a series of switchbacks, first under the spruce trees and then through alpine pastures. As you climb, the landscape of the mountain ranges to the south becomes clearer.
(4) At the fifth bend after the chalet (note an old stone wall), the trail heads north towards the rock face. The slope becomes steeper. Pass at the foot of an isolated spruce tree and reach the foot of a rocky couloir.
(5) Climb this couloir equipped with a chain (be careful and avoid rolling stones).
(6) At the end of the couloir, turn right and quickly reach the summit by climbing over a few boulders.
(7) Descend via the same route to the Col du Corbier (S/E).
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