Randonnée pédestre
Tour of the Trient Valley
Trient
The tour is generally done in 5 days and all along the way, the splendid landscapes follow one another: Trient massif, Mont-Blanc massif, Dents du Midi, Trient, Triège and Dailley gorges, Salanfe and Emosson dams with the famous Vieux Emosson footprint site, several nature reserves, etc.
STAGE 1: COL DE LA FORCLAZ > L'ARPILLE > LA CRÊTA > SALVAN
🕗 5h30 / 830 m/ ↘ 1423 m
Variant: La Crêta - Les Marécottes
🕗1h50 / ↘ 372 m / 403 m
From La Crêta, cross the Trient further upstream, go up towards Le Trétien then follow the path to Les Marécottes.
STAGE 2: SALVAN > VALLON DE VAN > LAC DE SALANFE
🕗 4h00 / 1008 m
Variant: Marécotte -Col de la Golette
Marécottes - Col de la Golette 🕗 3h50 / 1356 m
Col de la Golette - Salanfe 🕗 1h25 / ↘ 589 m
From Les Marécottes, climb towards La Creusaz, pass the Col de la Golette, then descend to the lake of Salanfe.
STAGE 3: SALANFE > COL D'EMANEY > COL DE BARBERINE > EMOSSON
🕗 6h20 / 1024 m / ↘ 1001 m
Col de Fenestral variant
Combe d'Emaney - Col de Fenestral 🕗 2h10 / 454m
Col de Fenestral - Emosson 🕗 2h05 / ↘ 487 m
From the Col d'Emaney, descend to the Emaney mountain pasture (chalets), then take the Col de Fenestral path, descend to the mountain pasture of the same name then follow the path to Emosson.
STAGE 4: EMOSSON > VIEUX EMOSSON > COL DE LA TERRASSE > VALLORCINE
🕗 6h10 / 700 m / ↘ 1409 m
Direct variant Chalet de Loriaz
Emosson - Chalets de Loriaz 🕗 1h50 / 85 m
200 m after the Emosson dam, take the path on the left to go along the Perrons, south side to the Chalets de Loriaz.
STAGE 5: VALLORCINE > COL DE BALME > BISSE DU TRIENT > COL DE LA FORCLAZ
🕗 6h15 / 983 m / ↘ 712 m
Discover the Tour de la Vallée du Trient with Enora and Candie from the blog "Les Géonautrices
and with Benoît from the blog "Des yeux plus grands que le monde".
Technical information
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Distance 62.1 km
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Positive elevation 4'668 m
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Negative elevation 4'668 m
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Highest point 2'634 m
Contact
Location / Access
GPS coordinates :
46.0577507248606, 7.001278996467591
Environment :
Mountain
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Distance 18.06 km
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Positive elevation 1500 m
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Negative elevation 1256 m
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Highest point 2467 m
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Duration 6h50m
Mountain huts and refuges
Vieux Emosson (Finhaut)
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