Pointe de Chaurionde via the Chalet du Drison

Park in the car park at the Seythenex-la-Sambuy ski resort.

(S/E) Turn right towards the top of the Seythenex resort, following the^GRP® Tour des Bauges trail. You’ll soon reach a junction at a sweeping bend.

(1) Keep left on the^GRP® marked in red and yellow. Carry on until you reach another junction at the Praz Rupt ski lift.

(2) Continue along the 4x4 track, turning right. You’ll reach the Sambuy chairlift. Start climbing the winding path here. Reach the top station of the chairlift and carry on to the junction with the Chemin des Chèvres.

(3) Head down this track to the right towards the Chalet de la Bouchasse. You’ll reach the Chalet de la Bouchasse.

(4) Here, join the^GRP® Tour des Bauges trail and follow it to the right. Walk almost level until you reach the junction by the Bouchasse stream.

(5) Cross the stream and keep to the right on the^GRP®, passing several streams before reaching the Chalet du Drison.

(6) Head uphill to the right and then reach the Col du Drison.

(7) Turn right onto the ridge to complete the ascent of the Pointe de Chaurionde. Reach the summit of this peak.

(8) Continue straight ahead downhill along a new ridge to reach the junction at the Chalet de l’Aulp de Seythenex just before the Col d’Orgeval.

(9) Continue the descent to the right, cross a stream and then return to the Chalet de l’Aulp de Seythenex.

(10) Continue along the wide path, still following the^GRP® route marked in red and yellow, to return to the original junction.

(1) Follow the route you took on the way there to reach the car park at the Seythenex-la-Sambuy resort (S/E).

(2) Alternative route here: You can keep left to reach the Pas de l’Ours, taking care at the tricky section where you’ll need to use your hands. Then turn right at the Pra Fournier junction to reach (4) at the Chalet de la Bouchasse. This route follows the^{GRP® trail} through the Massif des Bauges (marked in red and yellow).