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From Annecy or Lescheraines, take the Col de Leschaux road and turn off towards Bellecombe-en-Bauges. From the main town, take the Route de Mont Devant then the Route du Reposoir, ending at the Petit Reposoir car park.
(S/E) Continue on the road, which becomes a gravel road, to Le Reposoir.
(1) 50 m before the Reposoir sign, turn left onto a path that avoids the road. It climbs up like a canyon and ends at the foot of the road embankment, which you climb up on the right to Nubloz.
Continue to Col de Bornette, either by staying on the pastoral road or by taking a parallel path on the left.
(2) Continue straight on to Les Ailes du Stream, leaving the road to L'Écurie on your right.
(3) Turn right to climb a path that enters the forest and crosses the Bois du Petet, more or less level until you reach the junction with the path from Lathuile.
(4) Climb up to the right via hairpin bends that approach the cliff and cross a section carved into the rock to reach the Combe plateau. Cross it, heading south, and reach the Refuge de la Combe.
(5) From the refuge, continue south on flat ground and, when the pastoral road turns further on, climb left up a path to reach a pass at Les Platières (La Pessette sign).
(6) Leave the road on the right and climb the path up a grassy ridge that rises through the mountain pastures and then into a rocky section, leading to the summit of Pointe de Banc-Plat.
(7) Retrace your steps and, before reaching the road at La Pessette, turn right onto a path on the hillside that climbs a little before descending to join the road in the Rosay chalet area.
(It is also possible to follow the road, which is easier but tedious, from La Pessette to Le Rosay and Le Planay).
(8) Follow the road and, at the first left-hand bend, continue straight ahead on a marked path that descends to the Chalet du Planay, which you go around on the right.
(9) Once you have gone around the Planay area, continue on the path that heads south on level ground, crossing woods and streams before descending to ford the Ruisseau du Planet below the waterfalls.
(10) The path continues level for a short while on the right bank, then veers right for a long, winding climb through the forest, then through ravined mountain pasture areas, ending up near the Pas de l'Ours on a grassy plateau.
The trail veers southwest to cross this plateau and reach the Chalet des Gardes au Charbonnet.
(11) The path becomes busier. Follow it up to the right to reach the ridge.
(12) Leave the Sentier du Trélod, which descends opposite, and turn right to follow the ridge to the foot of the Dent des Portes, which can be climbed via a short steep section.
(13) Descend the Dent and turn right to go down to its foot and join the marked trail.
(14) Take this path on the right, which descends in a few hairpin bends to the junction marked "Sous la Dent des Portes".
(15) Leave the path to Doucy (les Cornes) and turn right towards Golet de Doucy: a wide bend takes you down to Chalet de Doucy, from where you descend on sight via a path to Golet (geographical pass).
(16) Head north towards Le Reposoir. A good path descends, first on the right bank, then on the left bank of a valley.
(1) From Le Reposoir, return to the car park by road, following the same route as on the way there (S/E).
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