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Head to Saint-Véran and follow the track leading to the Clausis Chapel.
Park in the car park below the chapel.
(S/E) Continue along the track to reach the chapel.
(1) Take the path or track to reach the junction at the Refuge de la Blanche in the mountain pastures.
(2) Turn right onto the path towards Col Blanchet, leaving the path to the lake and the refuge on your left. You will soon come to a four-way junction
(3) Carry on straight ahead to reach the Lower Blanchet Lake.
(4) Stop at this lake (and, if you wish, take a return trip to Lac Supérieur via the path on the left).
Then complete the ascent to Col Blanchet.
(5) Head south onto the Italian side into a large grassy valley with a view of Lac Bleu. Reach the crossroads by this lake.
(6) Turn right onto a path that joins the clearly visible start of the path leading up to the Col du Longet, and reach this pass, marked by boundary stone 53.
(7) Begin the descent along theGRP®® (red and yellow markings) into the upper Ubaye valley. Descend this large valley with its vast and magnificent lakes. Pass by Lake Longet at a distance.
(8) Turn right onto the path which climbs gently at first, then more steeply, towards the Col de la Noire, passing close to the lake of the same name.
(9) Begin a new descent due north to reach the junction of the circular route – the ‘four directions’ junction taken earlier.
(3) Continue northwards to reach the refuge and Lac de la Blanche.
(10) Behind the refuge’s toilets, take the signposted ‘Grand Canal’ path towards the chapel and Saint-Véran. Reach the confluence of the streams (the Blanche and the Rafanel).
(11) Cross the river to reach the canal which joins theGR®®58; turn left onto it to return to the car park (S/E).
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