How to reach the tourist office?
From 05/07 to 31/08 daily.
Distance : 24km
Duration : 12h00
Height difference : 1922m
Max altitude : 2505m
Wooden posts and yellow signs, indicating the names of places and the time remaining. Reference topo guide "Rando Bus", n° 12b
Approximate PDF route Samoëns - Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval Via the refuge de Bostan and the GRP Tour des Dents Blanches
Approximate gpx route Samoëns - Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval Via the refuge de Bostan and the GRP Tour des Dents Blanches
2024 summer shuttle schedule
Are we going to climb part of the Tour des Dents Blanches? Use the destination's mobility network to hike for longer, without having to make the round trip.
Departure on foot
from the center of Samoëns - Office de Tourisme
Cross the historic town of Samoëns to join the GR5 at Clévieux, follow signs for Les Fontaines.
Follow Grand Bois then Pied du Crêt.
At the Pied du Crêt parking lot, follow signs for Hameau des Allamands. Continue to the
parking du Plan des Arches. You are now on the
Tour des Dents Blanches itinerary.
Follow signs for Refuge de Bostan.
Continue towards the Col de Bostan.
For the descent from the Col, follow the signs for Pas au Taureau.
Be careful, it's not very marked, with a steep slope and unstable scree.
Then follow Lac de la Vogealle.
Go around the lake towards the Refuge de la Vogealle.
Descend towards Chalet du Boret.
Then follow signs for Bout du Monde.
Follow signs for Chalet de Prazon, then Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval.
Arrival at Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval - Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval / Return by shuttle bus.
Located in the Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval nature reserve, this refuge can be reached in 3-4 hours' walk from the Fer-à-Cheval cirque.
Managed by the International Association for Tour of the Dents Blanches (AITDB), this Franco-Swiss tour takes you on a route that is hospitable at times, e.g. on the way through the pastures in Barme (Switzerland), or wild as it is in the O...
A unique area with impressive rock faces, cliffs 2000 metres high, and hiking trails past numerous waterfalls.
Above Samoëns and isolated in the mountains, the Bostan refuge is the ideal place to welcome hikers for a short break or for the night. Accommodation and catering in the mountains. Home and local products. Pleasure for the eyes and taste bu...
