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Day 4: This final stage takes the route on a long traverse below the NW Face of the Dents du Midi, with some of the finest views of the whole tour, but with several high points to cross, this is also the most demanding day of all. Passing below hanging glaciers, it cuts into combes and crosses several glacial torrents, and about 3½hrs after leaving Chindonne, arrives at the little privately owned Cabane d’Antème (see above), set just below the Antème lake in a cirque at the foot of the Haute Cime. After crossing the lake’s outflow, the TDM begins a long descent that passes the chalets of Métécoui, and 30mins later comes to a stunning viewpoint from which to study a long-drop waterfall cascading from a ravine below the Susanfe glen. Later, cross the stream below this waterfall at the lowest point of the whole tour, and in another 10mins desert the TDM proper to return to Champéry by way of the Cantine de Bonavau, at the end of a 6–7hr stage.

Reached from Champéry, the Cantine de Bonavau stands just off the Tour des Dents du Midi