Description
The essential Tour des Fiz family tour with 2 nights in a refuge
Day 1: Plaine-Joux - Platé - Sales
Depart from Passy Plaine-Joux and climb to the Platé refuge. Then on to the Sales refuge via the Col de la Portette. Overnight stay at the Sales refuge.
> 5h40 approx. 11km. Total ascent: 1150m - Total descent: 650m
> Equivalent in effort km: 24.
Day 2: Sales - Alfred Wills
Depart from the Sales hut and head for the Alfred Wills hut via the Sales, Sauffaz and Pleureuse waterfalls. Overnight stay at the Alfred Wills refuge.
> About 2h30. 7.5km. Total ascent: 380m - Total descent: 500m
> Equivalent in effort km: 16.3.
Day 3: Alfred Wills - Anterne - Moëde - Plaine-Joux
Depart from the Alfred Wills hut for Lac d'Anterne and the Col d'Anterne. You then have several options. You can take the 4×4 track to Ayères des Pierrières for the most direct return to Plaine. Or you can go as far as the Moëde Anterne refuge, and from there decide to reach Lac de Pormenaz either via the Argentières path (a few handrails), or via the Chorde path (several handrails and numerous passages with ladders). Then join the Châtelet d'Ayères refuge, and finally return to Plaine-Joux.
> 12km. Approx. 5h walking time. Total ascent: 620m - Total descent: 1100m
> Equivalent in effort km * : 22.5.
Plain text period
From 15/06 to 10/09 daily.Check shelter openings at www.monrefugeaupaysdumontblanc.com
From November to May, the route is cleared. Snow may still be present in spring.
In winter, access to the Tour des Fiz is not recommended (high-level ski mountaineering only).
Accessible outside the snow season and depending on weather conditions. Please check with the Tourist Offices beforehand for current access conditions and the opening hours of refuges along the route.
Subject to favorable snow and weather conditions.
Accessibility
Not accessible in a wheelchair
Environment
- Mountain location
- In a nature reserve
