Tips for the photographer :
Many marmots up to the Glière Refuge
Guidebook with maps/step-by-step :
0/ From the Laisonnay car park (1560m), take the tarmac road for 300m; after the bridge, first turn left onto the track which then goes to the right, towards the Glière refuge (1996m). From time to time, a path allows you to cut the track (signs).

1/ From the refuge, retrace your steps to get back on the track that climbs to the chapel and the lake. On the left, a fairly steep path rises up and joins the track above; you quickly reach the Plagne mountain pasture; you pass below the Plan du Sel chalet where Beaufort cheese is made, the "Prince of Gruyères" which has a registered designation of origin.

2/ The itinerary continues on a path that crosses under the Grand Plan chalet; it rises slowly up the Combe du Grand Plan (East) to reach the Col de la Croix des Frêtes, which it reaches (alt. 2647m).

3/ From there, by crossing, we reach the Col du Palet (alt. 2652m) in 15 minutes.

This pass allows you to switch to the GR5, to the resort of Tignes, located 1h20 away.

Return : By the same route.