Ref.Valmasque-Lac Gelé Boucle 1j

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Start:REFUGE DE LA VALMASQUE (FFCAM) End:REFUGE DE LA VALMASQUE (FFCAM)

Duration:04h00 Dénivelé positif en été:450 m Dénivelé négatif en été:450 m Distance en été:4.3 km Remarks: WARNING: Route without signposts. Requires map and compass, or GPS. Some passages of scree. Description : From the mountain hut of Valmasque (2233 m), take a North direction and cross the small dam of the lake Vert. Then follow the tiny pathway on the left which goes along the Northern banks of the lake, staying on the same level. After a small flat land, the slope that will go up and the ground will become stony. The direction will then bend Northwest to cross the spillway of the lake Gelé (2588 m). Keep climbing up on the rocky hill nearest to the right orographic bank of the small stream (warning : do not take the tiny pathway to the left). Once you have reached the lake Gelé, bypass it by the left. Then, at the Northern end of the lake Lusière (2640 m), go Southwest by a tiny pathway with cairns far below the ridgeline. After taking a Southeast direction, you will soon lose altitude by small zigzags and thereby reach the spillway of the lake Noir (2278 m). Go up the other side to find a signposted pathway coming from the mountain pass of Valmasque. Follow it to the left to get to the beacon 97 (2294 m), then to the right to reach the beacon 98 (2205 m). From there, stop the descent and take the pathway on the left to soon reach the mountain hut of Valmasque (Refuge de Valmasque, beacon 98a).