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Departure from Pont de la Chardonnière. Park in the small car park on the right just after the bridge; if there is no space, do not cross the bridge and park along the track that extends from the access road.
The bridge is accessible from Morzine via a small road towards Lac des Mines d'Or. After passing the hamlets of Érigné derrière and Érigné devant, turn slightly right at the crossroads (ignore the road on the left that leads to the lake).
(S/E) Head south, with the stream on your right, on a track towards the Refuge de Chardonnière. The track quickly turns east-southeast, crosses a sparse forest, turns south and crosses the Torrent de Chardonnière before reaching the refuge.
(1) Turn left and leave the refuge on your right. Wind your way along the edge of the forest and then through a meadow, heading generally east at first and then north-east. You will come out onto a wider path (not shown on the 1:25,000 map). Follow it to the right through wooded terrain and you will soon reach a junction near the Torrent de Chardonnière.
N.B. On the next two sections, the purple line on the IGN map is approximate. A few signposts and yellow markings can be used as landmarks.
(2) Turn right (east), still in wooded terrain. You will soon come to a meadow and continue east-southeast until you reach the foot of a rock face.
(3) Then turn right (south) and proceed along a rocky corridor that narrows as you climb. Take a ledge at the foot of the wall and cross a rock step, the Pas de la Latte (use your hands). You will then quickly reach the ridge.
(4) Follow the ridge to the left (east-northeast) and climb steadily to the summit (the purple line on the IGN map passes below the summit).
(5) Descend the ridge by the same route to the Pas de la Latte exit point.
(4) Continue descending along the ridge (west-southwest). At an elevation of 1975 metres, the slope becomes steeper, the path makes a few turns and ends at a three-way junction.
(6) Turn right (west). Head north, leaving the Refuge de la Golèse on your left, and reach an intersection with an alpine track.
(7) Follow the mountain pasture track to the right (you are now on theGR®5, marked in red and white). Ignore the access to the Bonnevalette chalets on the left.
(8) At the next intersection, stay on the track that turns left (leaving theGR® trail on your right). Pass the Vigny chalets, ignore a turnoff on the left and continue downhill on the track which, after several bends, arrives at the Pont de Chardonnière bridge (S/E).
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