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Tour du Thabor – Etape 4 – Des Granges de la Vallée Etroite au Refuge des Drayères

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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 4: The barns of the Vallée Etroite (1765 m) – Refuge des Drayères
Duration: 6 hours / Elevation difference: +1000 m / – 650 m

From the refuges of the Etroite valley, go up towards the Pont de la Fonderie. Before the bridge, you have a fork on your left which goes up in the direction of Prat du plan (going down from Thabor the day before, you went down this path). At Prat du Plan, take the path that goes towards Lac du Chardonnet. You will come across the new GR which comes from the summit of Tabor. On this GR, go towards Col des Muandes, 2828m. From the pass, head towards Lac des Muandes and Lac Rond, then arrive at the Drayères refuge.

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4/ DAY 4: The barns of the Vallée Etroite (1765 m) – Refuge des Drayères / Duration: 6 hours / Elevation gain: +1000 m / – 650 m

From the refuges of the Etroite valley, go up towards the Pont de la Fonderie. Before the bridge, you have a fork on your left which goes up in the direction of Prat du plan (going down from Thabor the day before, you went down this path). At Prat du Plan, take the path that goes towards Lac du Chardonnet. You will come across the new GR which comes from the summit of Tabor. On this GR, go towards Col des Muandes, 2828m. From the pass, head towards Lac des Muandes and Lac Rond, then arrive at the Drayères refuge.

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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.