Freedom Hiking Stay "Destination Air Pur" - Le Chalet d'en Hô

The road book will show you your way and tell you about the valley of the Clarée, Névache, its valleys and peaks...

After your walk, you can relax in our Spa with Sauna, Jacuzzi and Massages benefactors, before enjoying our gourmet cuisine proposed by our Chef ...

And every evening, we will be there to give you tips and routes for the next day’s hike.
Then you have freedom!


Program of the Freedom Hiking Stay 6 nights:

Day 1: Arrival and installation at the hotel

Day 2: Vallon des Thures
Starting on foot directly from the hotel for the Thures plateau, a huge alpine meadow open under the sky to the Col des Thures (2194m). You discover the lake Chavillon and the view of the Thabor. You can choose, along the way, to add the ascent of the Aiguille Rouge (2545m).
Difference in altitude: 600m (+400m for the Aiguille Rouge), 4h30 (+2h00) of walk

Day 3: Vallon and Col du Chardonnet

After a short transfer in high valley, up to the hamlet of Fontcouverte (1860m), you first climb to the refuge of Chardonnet before reaching the fantastic suspended glacial valley that dominates it. You can climb up to the col du Chardonnet which offers a fantastic panorama of the Ecrins.
Difference in altitude: 600 to 900m, 5 to 6h walk

Day 4: The Tour des Cerces (at your choice, the small tour or the big tour)

Depending on your form of the day, you can make the small or the big tour des Cerces, starting from the parking lot of Laval (2030m). For the short tour, from the hamlet of Laval (2030m) you follow the Clarée to its source, the Lac de la Clarée, then you pass in Savoie through the Seuil des Rochilles (2459m) to make a loop that goes through the lakes and the col des Rochilles (2496m) and the lake and the col des Cerces (2574m).
Elevation change: 544m, 5 to 6 hours of walking

The grand tour of the Cerces begins with the ascent of the col des Béraudes (2770m) passing by the sumptuous turquoise lake of the same name. Then the loop leads you to the col de la Ponsonnière (2613m) and then to the lake and the col des Cerces (2574m) before going down on the lakes of Rochilles and Clarée, then along the torrent of Clarée.
Difference in altitude: 1000m, 6 to 7h walk

Day 5: Laramon and Serpent Lakes

From Fontcouverte, you follow the access to the refuge of Ricou and then the beautiful path in turns that leads to the first lake, the Laramon (2359m). Lake Serpent is nearby (2448m). A postcard landscape awaits you, with the Ecrins massif in the background. As an option, you can try the ascent of the Pic du Lac Blanc (2980m) passing by the lakes of Gardioles. Similarly, on the way back, you can choose to return to Névache on foot by the path of round, superb path in balcony above the valley.
Difference in altitude: 600m (+450m for the Peak), 5 to 7h walk depending on options

Day 6: Vallon and Col de Buffère

Starting from Ville-Haute, you follow the right bank of the Clarée to the Pont de Rately (1749m) to reach the valley and the chalets of Buffère (2090m). Several options are then possible from the chalets: the Lac de Privé (2304m), the Col de Buffère (2427m) or the Grand Aréa (2869m). Similarly, the return can be done by another trail, that of Côte Rouge.
Difference in altitude: 500m for the chalets (+200 to 750m), 3 to 4 hours (+ 1h30 to 4h)
Day 7: Choice of hiking and end of stay in the afternoon.
To choose with us: the ascent of Mount Thabor (3178m), the Tour du Guion, the Vallon des Muandes ...

Difficulty level: 3* out of 5*

4 to 7h of walking per day. The hikes are with drawers with several options.
Mountain routes with differences in altitude from 500 to 800 meters accumulated uphill and/or downhill.
Backpack: you carry your day’s belongings and a picnic.
This stay is for people who wish to walk without supervision but who are used to hiking in medium mountains from 4 to 7 hours of walking and 500 to 800 meters of elevation. Some hikes can reach more than 1000m of difference in altitude depending on the option chosen. For some longer stages, we always offer an easier route. It is also necessary to consider that at the beginning of the season (end of June, beginning of July) some passes are still covered with snow while remaining accessible.