Argentière - Lac Blanc - Argentière (08/2019)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.37 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,131 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 4,131 ft
- Max elevation
- 7,864 ft
- TrailRank
-
62
3.3
- Min elevation
- 4,088 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 6 hours 6 minutes
- Time
- 11 hours 27 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2445
- Uploaded
- August 24, 2019
- Recorded
- August 2019
near Argentière, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France)
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Itinerary description
Circular trail in the French Alps, starts from the town of Argentière, behind the hotel Le Dahu. You can park your car freely on the nearby parking De la Fis (look it up).
Follow the signposts to Lac Blanc. This is a very diverse trail, lots of different terrain. You will be going through woods, dirt, rocks, some grass, climb down/up ladders, wooden steps, cross bridges, etc. Because of all this the trail demands some skill and stamina, since the ascent is nearly constant.
If this is your first time, be prepared to stop a LOT and let your breath be taken away. If you're lucky, you'll get to see some chamois. In any case, plan this hike as a whole-day trip.
Note #1: After the waypoint Intersection #3, you will see a "spike" heading north-west and then back again. This was a GPS bug. Just continue straight on the path you were.
Note #2: Go through the intersections I've marked before following this trail. There are some turns which are a bit confusing, and we had to backtrack a little few times.
Note #3: Be sure to try the raspberry and blueberry pie at the Lac Blanc mountain lodge. They are amazing!
Follow the signposts to Lac Blanc. This is a very diverse trail, lots of different terrain. You will be going through woods, dirt, rocks, some grass, climb down/up ladders, wooden steps, cross bridges, etc. Because of all this the trail demands some skill and stamina, since the ascent is nearly constant.
If this is your first time, be prepared to stop a LOT and let your breath be taken away. If you're lucky, you'll get to see some chamois. In any case, plan this hike as a whole-day trip.
Note #1: After the waypoint Intersection #3, you will see a "spike" heading north-west and then back again. This was a GPS bug. Just continue straight on the path you were.
Note #2: Go through the intersections I've marked before following this trail. There are some turns which are a bit confusing, and we had to backtrack a little few times.
Note #3: Be sure to try the raspberry and blueberry pie at the Lac Blanc mountain lodge. They are amazing!
Waypoints
Car park
Religious site
Picnic
Photo
Wilderness hut
6,084 ft
Stone cottage/shelter #1
An old stone cottage, possibly used as a shelter? In any case, it seemed out of use.
Wilderness hut
6,495 ft
Stone cottage/shelter #2
Maybe used as a shelter, don't know if it's still in use.
Mountain hut
7,787 ft
Mountain lodge Lac Blanc
The bottom terrace is for free use by hikers. Also has WC. The upper terrace is a bar/restaurant.
Lake
7,780 ft
Lac Blanc (bigger lake)
The bigger lake pours into the smaller one, which in turn goes further as a stream.
Waypoint
6,361 ft
Ladder
These ladders and bridges and stairs continue all the way down to the next waypoint. You'll spend some good 15-20 minutes on them.
Intersection
5,060 ft
Intersection #6
Follow the right hand path here, the one going near the boulder.
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Difficult only because of part with the ladders. There were not only one ladder, it was all the mountain with ladders! What i have liked the most, but other might see it as an impossible obstacle :) beside of ladders it was a moderate climb, not as steap, for example trail to Le Jonction would be 4/5 difficulty and this one 2/5 :) a lot of walk throught the forest or a plain fealds with a litle bit of rocks (and a ladders of course :D ). What so ever, the Lac Blanc view was rewarding, just try to evade all the crowds by wolking early in the morning :)
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Nosotros hicimos argentiere le lac blanc chamonix... pero muy bien el recorrido hasta le lac blanc preciosa ruta d escaleras 👏👏