Pointe des Lanches and Pointe de Lens via the Col de l'Aup Couti

Date of walk : May 29, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

A very pleasant hike with varied landscapes and truly magnificent views of the ridge line. I highly recommend it!

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Date of walk : Jul 09, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

Enjoy your hike...

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Date of walk : Sep 06, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

A beautiful hike with varied landscapes and no major difficulties. It starts with a very wide stone approach path. Then there is a climb through the mountain pastures, on a very sunny slope, which will make you work up a good sweat. Once at the summit, you follow a ridge line with a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains. The descent to the Bassachaux pass is shaded, with a few steep sections that are easily negotiable. Once you have passed the pass, you continue the descent, which takes you back to the middle of the path you took at the start of the hike. The descent is on a path that does not appear to be maintained; it is a bit like a jungle and you wonder if you are on the right track
I recommend this hike, which will give you three hours of enjoyment

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Date of walk : May 27, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

A very beautiful hike, with stunning views of the Abondance Valley from the ridges.
There are a few tricky and dizzying sections that are best avoided in wet weather.
The return trail from the Bassachaux Pass is not maintained. We followed it using GPS. Lots of shrubs obstruct the trail. Fortunately, the vegetation had not yet started growing at that time of year.
Use another route for the return trip to Lindarets

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Date of walk : May 07, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

A beautiful hike in May. We parked lower down at the Ardent cable car because access to Lindarets was reported to be closed, but the road was still passable as far as the Col de la Joux-Verte. The climb to Aup Couti is beautiful, passing through mountain pastures where we encountered a chamois running. We did not take the ridge to reach the Bassachaux pass, but instead took the path lower down because there was still a lot of snow on Aup Couti. The descent from the Bassachaux pass to Lindarets (points 6 to 2) is difficult because the path is poorly marked at the start of the descent and obstructed in many places by shrubs. We only found our way thanks to the GPS track.

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Date of walk : Sep 12, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : Yes

This moderately difficult hike is varied, with paths, mountain pastures and ridges. The latter does not present any particular difficulty, you just have to watch where you put your feet. However, I would not recommend it to those who are afraid of heights. For everyone else, I would say that this is the most enjoyable part of the hike, with a small path that winds its way up and offers views of the Pertuis mountain.
Like others, we missed the path down to the Bassachaux pass and followed the balcony trail. The path must be the one that branches off to the right at the pass car park, to be checked with GPS.
A beautiful walk that is well worth doing.

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Date of walk : Sep 10, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

A very pleasant hike through forests and mountain pastures, blueberries and a few raspberries. Superb panoramic views
I can confirm that there are some exposed sections, so those prone to vertigo should avoid taking the ridge path. After the Col de l'Aup de Coutil, it is possible to reach the Col de Bassachaux via another path. Incidentally, the ridge path is not signposted but is easy to find.
When we reached the Col de Bassachaux, we couldn't find the path down to the village of Les Lindarets (did we miss something?) so we followed the balcony trail to Chaux Fleuri to reach Les Lindarets, at the start of the chairlifts, then the village some 300 metres away. Fortunately, there were no mountain bikes (the chairlifts were closed).

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Date of walk : Sep 04, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

We did this hike with my wife and, despite two or three ridge crossings, which aren't really our cup of tea, we enjoyed the magnificent views of Lake Montriond, the Châtel Valley and the Avoriaz ski area. A varied route with forest paths, waterfalls, mountain pastures, two passes, ridge crossings (despite the vertigo) and almost a small jungle at the start of the descent, where we had to make our way through lush vegetation. The downloaded GPS track was very accurate. A real treat.

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Date of walk : Sep 03, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very beautiful and enjoyable hike. Superb scenery overlooking Lake Montriond and the Abondance and Montriond valleys.
Hikers are rewarded for their climb up to the Col de l'Aup Couti with delicious blueberries (and a few raspberries) found all along the Crête des Fours ridge.
Two points to note
- there is a slightly tricky section about ten metres after Pointe de la Lanche where the descent with a plunging view of the valley may unsettle children and people who are sensitive to vertigo, but this section is perfectly accessible with caution for the average hiker.
- the times indicated on the local signs seem to be longer than those given by Visorando (1h30 for the ascent, 1h40 from the Col de Bassachaux to Lindarets), which means that for walkers who are no longer in the first flush of youth (aged 65 and 75), it takes more like 4 hours in total...
Apart from these two minor details, it is a very beautiful walk.

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Date of walk : Jun 28, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

at the Pointe des Lanche, there is a sublime panorama over the valley. A very beautiful hike, with a wide variety of biotopes and trail types.
Be careful at point 6, where the "wide path" becomes a very narrow, poorly marked "small path". Thank goodness for GPS. We helped several hikers get back on the right track. This path is apparently no longer used, as hikers tend to follow the wide trail.

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Date of walk : Jun 04, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Hike completed in early June 19. Snow was present from 200m below the Col de l'Aup Couti to the Col de Bassachaux, on the ground because the weather was magnificent. We were wearing shorts and without the GPS tracker I would have turned back. No risks taken thanks to this great tool. A panorama to feast your eyes on. The Lindarets goats welcomed us back and we drank to their health
to their health.

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Date of walk : Aug 27, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very beautiful hike with magnificent panoramic views. Be careful on the aerial passage over the ridges.
I wanted to extend this hike beyond the Bassachaux Pass, but I made a mistake: I ended up with mountain bikers hurtling down the paths at full speed, making the hike dangerous.
So I won't give you the route because there's no point.

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Date of walk : Aug 12, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Hello,

A very beautiful solo hike on a sunny day, with beautiful waterfalls, lovely flowers and many other natural wonders.
A pleasant little aerial passage, a trail through the woods, no major difficulties.
From the Bassachaux pass, I didn't take point 6 to point 2, I continued straight on towards the Pointe de Lindaret, taking the GR5 trail marked on the Visorando map, passing under the chairlift and then turning right at the intersection towards Les Lindarets

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Date of walk : Aug 06, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

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Hello,

I can confirm that it's a superb walk with beautiful views, and I was really surprised to see so many flowers.
Be sure to wear good shoes. Before the pass, for a few hundred metres, cattle use part of the path, so it can be parish specific to Brittany muddy.
I'll definitely be back!

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