Tour of Les Fiz - Stage 2 - Refuge Alfred Wills > Refuge des Fonts > Refuge de Sales (1877m)

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Hard
7h
15.5km
+1362m
-1360m

Description

This path overlooks the Sales mountain stream. It is dotted with lots of waterfalls...bearing names such as La Pleureuse, La Sauffaz, Sale, Tarnant.
Leave the Anterne mountain pasture and head for the small Col d'Anterne (2038 m). Leave the GR 5 on your left and head for the Fonts chalets at the entrance to the cirque of the same name, surrounded by impressive cliffs. Continue on via La Celière and Le Pelly de Serai. Take the GR©5 towards the Cascade de la Pleureuse (take time out to cool off and take a photo!), pass by the Cascades de la Saufaz and de Sales. Continue along this valley to the refuge de Sales (1877 m).

Pricing

Free of charge.

Route GPX track

Address
74740, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
Opening
From 15/06 to 30/09.