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Approximate route Samoëns - Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval Via the Refuge du Folly and the GRP Tour des Dents Blanches
Approximate PDF route Samoëns - Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval Via the refuge du Folly and the GRP Tour des Dents Blanches
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 the Refuge du Folly, which is on the Tour des Dents Blanches itinerary. Continue towards Pas de l'Avoine. At the Combe aux Puaires junction, follow signs for Lac de la Vogealle. Go around the lake towards the Refuge de la Vogealle. Descend towards Chalet du Boret. Then head towards 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.
Starting point of many hikes and circuits, the Refuge du Folly will allow you to discover the extraordinary fauna and flora of our mountains. Accessible to all types of hikers, from the most experienced to the first steps.
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...
The Fer à Cheval is the largest mountain cirque in the Alps. Ringed by towering cliffs, the cirque is breathtakingly beautiful throughout the year but it is most spectacular in the spring, when melting snow swells its waterfalls to majestic...
Located in the Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval nature reserve, this refuge is accessible in 3-4 hours of walking from the Fer-à-Cheval cirque.
