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L'Arbarey - Pierre a voir (Avoi) - Col de la Marlene - L'Arbarey

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Distance
7.61 mi
Elevation gain
3,563 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
3,563 ft
Max elevation
8,115 ft
TrailRank 
46
Min elevation
4,962 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
3 hours 41 minutes
Time
6 hours 23 minutes
Coordinates
2190
Uploaded
June 17, 2018
Recorded
June 2018
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near L'Arbarey, Canton du Valais (Switzerland)

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Itinerary description

Castellano (English below):
Empezamos el camino cerca de L'Arbarey. Aparcamos el coche a un lado de la carretera (hay varios lugares donde dejar el coche por la zona y todos son gratuitos).

La primera parte del camino es sencilla; siempre subiendo; pero por un camino bien marcado.
Hicimos el camino a mediados de junio y al atravesar el torrente de Vella aun quedaba bastante nieve por lo que esa parte se complicó un poco (e incluso más de uno se quiso dar la vuelta).
Una vez pasado el torrente hay dos variantes señaladas para seguir (camino fácil y difícil). El fácil es más largo por camino muy ancho y más largo. El difícil es camino de montaña, más corto y por tanto mucho más empinado, pero no se sube mal.
El resto de la subida, igual que el principio es sencillo y para todo el mundo (aunque se puede llegar a hacer larga ya que estás casi dos horas seguidas subiendo). Los últimos metros antes de subir a la cima son ruta azul (alpina) - esta parte se puede evitar si no se quiere subir a la cima - y nos encontraremos con escaleras y cadenas. Este cacho de más complicado no es largo (unos 10 mins) y al llegar arriba espera una gran recompensa. De hecho, cominos arriba ya que aun siendo pequeño tiene una zona suficientemenete amplia como para estar incluso tumbados.
La vuelta también sencilla y bien señalizada. Incluso vimos gente que bajaba corriendo campo a través sin usar los caminos.




English:
We started our tour close to L'Arbarey. We parked in a side of the road (there are actually few places where to park in the area and they are all free).

The first part is easy, always going up, but in a very well marked path.
We did it mid June and we crossed Vella Torrent there was still lot of remaining snow and it was a bit more complex to cross it (some people even wanted to turn around).
Once crossed, there are two variants to follow the same trail (the easy way and the difficult). The easy one is longer and the path is wider. The difficult one is more mountain train, shorter and therfore steeper, but it's still ok to go up.
The rest of the way up, the same as the beggining is easy and for everyone (although it can actually feel long as you will be almost 2 hours going up non stop). The last meters before getting to the summit are marked as blue way (alpine) - you can avoid this part if you don't want to go all the way to the top and just go around it - and you will find leaders and chains. This bit is short (about 10 mins) and is more complex but totally worth it once you get up there. In fact, we had lunch there as even though it is small, it is big enough to even lay down few people.
The return was also easy and very well marked. We even saw various people who went down running or sliding down the mountain not even using the trails.

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