Trek around Mont Outheran starting from Désert d'Entremont

Lovely walk on snowshoes without meeting anyone! Superb weather above the sea of clouds. The ascent to the Col du Grapillon takes an hour. The descent and the long traverse to the Col du Planet on a path and then a forest road on a balcony is pleasant. (1:30). The Plan du Bouc is a magnificent clearing. Two chalets. The climb to the Col du Mollard is easy (0:40). There's still 30 minutes to get back to the starting point. Snowshoes are very useful.

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No difficulties

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A beautiful and easy route, but it has to be done clockwise. Otherwise the descent is a little difficult.

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Hiking alone on snowshoes on 20/01/23. Good snowfalls the previous days, but following a long dry and mild period --> the pebbles were not far away.
The ascent to the first col is quite physical, you climb straight up the slope and with 40 cm of fresh snow it's intense.
The rest of the route to the Col du Planet is fairly monotonous, but fortunately the trees were quite white for the atmosphere.
The ascent to the Col du Mollard was straightforward, with beautiful scenery (mainly deciduous forest, stream).
After the Col du Mollard I followed the resort's snowshoe itinerary (no. 2), which I thought was more interesting than following the pistes.
On the whole it's well signposted: you follow the yellow marks on the trees, and when I did this hike the track was as clear as day. It would undoubtedly be very different if you were the first to go through, and the choices at junctions could be trickier.
As for the duration, it took me just over 6 hours if I took it very easy and took the time for a proper lunch break. It could probably be done in 5 hours or less, depending on the conditions.

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Well signposted route. A good level section at the end, after "les granges du Planet", before reaching the Col du Mollard.
No panoramic view, you'd have to extend the route to the crois de la Cochette to get a view of the mountains.

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The weather was a little grey, with a few drops. A pleasant route despite a fairly long passage through the forest, but the autumn colours were just right for the season.
Good description - although it's supposed to be a snowshoe trail, it can be done as an easy hike.

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To be avoided when the ground is wet, as the slightly steep descents are slippery. A bit monotonous as there are few views.
It took us 4 hours 30 minutes without hurrying.

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The directions for the start of the hike between the 2 car parks at the ski resort are a little confusing.
The duration of the hike is itself very exaggerated, although it should be possible to extend it as there are many additional options.
Most of the walk is on a forest track, so it's quite pleasant (and shady) but a bit monotonous with few clear viewpoints.

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I did this walk on 16 February 2020.
I'd advise you to do a little variation, at the col du grappillon, make a return trip to the pointe de la cochette, a magnificent lookout point. but you're extending a hike that's already long enough.
The second part of this loop is long and monotonous, but not difficult. On the plus side, in winter you are alone in this sector and I saw 2 chamois.
I didn't put on snowshoes because there wasn't much snow. However, if you have to make your first tracks in powder snow, it's best to be in a team of 3 good walkers for the relays. My GPS gave me a total of 15.8 km for the day.
This walk is still fun, especially the first part.
Capytaine

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A walk without interest, always in the woods, no sun and on top of that a path destroyed by forestry machines.

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Access via the meadow is a little difficult to find and you need to be very vigilant for the markings on the climb through the forest. Otherwise a very nice walk.

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snowshoeing in grey weather on sunday18 february2018
no difficulties of layout but I use a gps
bonne journée merci pour cette decouverte

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The description is generally accurate and timely; what is written in brackets is essential: e.g. (walk to the left of the slopes)!
at point (6) take the single path up 5m from the stream bed (there are no markings or signs)
from point (8) follow the purple snowshoe signs; the description more or less corresponds to this route.
500m before the finish line, take the small bridge at the bottom of the valley to go back up through the pastureland directly towards the Dond ski hostel.

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I wasn't aware that the "easy, medium difficult" rating could refer to anything other than technical difficulty.

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