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Tour du Thabor – Etape 2 – Du Refuge des Marches au Refuge du Thabor

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

DAY 2: Refuge des Marches (2183 m) – Refuge du Thabor (2502 m)
Duration: 3h30 / Elevation difference: + 600 m / – 300 m

In the morning before leaving for the Thabor refuge, you can take a tour of Lac de Bissorte, leaving your backpack at the refuge (allow 1h 30).
To climb towards the Col des Bataillières, follow the path that goes up the Bissorte valley, towards the Lac des Bataillières. To reach the pass, all you have to do is take the path that rises above the lake. From the refuge to the pass, it takes about 2h45. To go down to the Thabor refuge, you will have to walk 45 minutes. Do not hesitate to stop at the Sainte-Marguerite lakes, above the refuge, to take a nap before going to taste homemade pastries.

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2/ DAY 2: Refuge des Marches (2183 m) – Refuge du Thabor (2502 m) – Duration: 3h30 / Elevation difference: + 600 m / – 300 m

In the morning before leaving for the Thabor refuge, you can take a tour of Lac de Bissorte, leaving your backpack at the refuge (allow 1h 30).
To climb towards the Col des Bataillières, follow the path that goes up the Bissorte valley, towards the Lac des Bataillières. To reach the pass, all you have to do is take the path that rises above the lake. From the refuge to the pass, it takes about 2h45. To go down to the Thabor refuge, you will have to walk 45 minutes. Do not hesitate to stop at the Sainte-Marguerite lakes, above the refuge, to take a nap before going to taste homemade pastries.

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Location details

IGN 3535 OT Névache Mont Thabor – Topoguide “Around Thabor”
Car access and parking
From the A43, exit at Saint-Michel-Valloire, then go up towards Valloire
(D902), then Valmeinier 1 (D500A). Go to the Chef Lieu and 215 m
on the left after the Tavern, follow “la ville Dessus” and park.