Tour du Thabor - Stage 4 - From the Granges de la Vallée Etroite to the Refuge des Drayères

A wild itinerary, bathed in lakes and scree, awaits you. Linking the Maurienne Valley, the Haut Val de Suze and the Clarée, this ancestral passageway promises sumptuous panoramas.

DAY 4: Les granges de la Vallée Etroite (1765 m) - Refuge des Drayères
Duration: 6h / Difference in altitude: +1000 m / - 650 m

From the Etroite Valley refuges, head up towards the Fonderie bridge. Before the bridge, there's a fork in the road on your left which climbs up towards Prat du Plan (when you came down from Le Thabor the day before, you came down this way). At Prat du Plan, take the path heading towards Lac du Chardonnet. You'll come across the new GR from the summit of Le Thabor. On this GR, head for the Col des Muandes, 2828m. From the pass, head towards Lac des Muandes and Lac Rond, then on to the refuge des Drayères.

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4/ DAY 4: Les granges de la Vallée Etroite (1765 m) - Refuge des Drayères / Duration: 6h / Difference in altitude: +1000 m / - 650 m

From the Etroite Valley refuges, head up towards the Fonderie bridge. Before the bridge, there's a fork in the road on your left which climbs up towards Prat du Plan (when you came down from Le Thabor the day before, you came down this way). At Prat du Plan, take the path heading towards Lac du Chardonnet. You'll come across the new GR from the summit of Le Thabor. On this GR, head for the Col des Muandes, 2828m. From the col, head towards Lac des Muandes and Lac Rond, then on to the refuge des Drayères.