Rando’bus Samoëns – Cirque du Fer à Cheval via Refuge de Bostan

Samoëns

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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.

Age minimum : 16 ans

Comforts

Services

  • Pets are not allowed on this trail, as you are entering a nature reserve where dogs are forbidden.

Accessibility

  • Not accessible in a wheelchair

Itinerary

  • Distance: 24 km
  • Duration: 12h00
  • Type of land: Rock, Stone, Ground, Hard coating (tar, cement, flooring), Grit, Not suitable for strollers
  • Delicate passages: Beware, at the Pas du Taureau, a faint passage with steep slopes and unstable scree.
  • Markup: Wooden posts and yellow signs, indicating the names of places and the time remaining. Reference topo guide "Rando Bus", n° 12b
  • Maximum altitude: 2505 m
  • Elevation: 1922 m
  • Vertical drop: 1685 m
  • Positive elevation: 1922 m

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Services provided

Visits

  • Group visit duration: 720 min

Prices

Free entry but transport fee applies. 2€.

Means of payment

  • Check
  • Cash
  • Bank/credit card

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Complementary services

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

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 Hameau des Allamands. Continue to the parking du Plan des Arches. You are now on the Tour des Dents Blanches itinerary. Follow signs for Refuge de Bostan. Continue towards the Col de Bostan. For the descent from the Col, follow the signs for Pas au Taureau. Be careful, it's not very marked, with a steep slope and unstable scree. Then follow Lac de la Vogealle. Go around the lake towards the Refuge de la Vogealle. Descend towards Chalet du Boret. Then follow signs for 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.