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Other Walks from Le Chazelet

A short and easy round trip of about 50mins leads to the small Alp hut of LES PLAGNES in the lower reaches of the Combe de Martignare, northeast of Le Chazelet. The Combe is a pastoral glen rimmed by grass-covered mountains, and the path to take is that which forks by a white ski-school building above the road at a hairpin bend northwest of the village.

A second option is to take the path along the east bank of the Torrent du Ga to the hamlets of RIVET DU PIED, RIVET DU MILIEU and RIVET DE LA CIME, and continue as far as you like towards the head of the glen which narrows below Pic du Mas de la Grave.

The ascent of PIC DU MAS DE LA GRAVE (3020m) makes a straightforward but rewarding day out from Le Chazelet (5hrs ascent, 8hrs there and back). For this, take the path mentioned above through Rivet du Pied and so on as far as the Baraque de la Buffe (1¾hrs, 2085m), where several streams come together to create the Torrent du Ga. The way then climbs southwest, before flanking north-northwest above a hanging valley. Cairns mark the start of the ascent proper which strikes up the mountain's grassy southwest ridge. This turns to rock at about 2650m, and more cairns guide the way to the summit. Views from here are extensive.