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Within the valley, just an hour’s walk away from Col de Susanfe, stands the Cabane de Susanfe in a landscape of rock-and-grass hillocks at 2102m (for details see the Dents du Midi section in 1:2). This well-sited hut is useful as a base for a wealth of expeditions, not least a range of climbs on Mont Ruan which rises to the south, and on the Tour Sallière which forms the glen’s massive southeast cornerstone.

Located between Mont Ruan and the Dents du Midi, Cabane de Susanfe makes a useful base

1:4 Rhône Valley Approaches

South of Lac Léman the broad, flat-bottomed valley of the Rhône makes an effective divide between the Chablais region and the Bernese Alps, and serves as a major artery of communication, carrying large volumes of traffic by both road and rail. Add to that a number of comparatively small industrial units and power lines, and the valley begins to lose any real aesthetic appeal. And yet, as we have seen on the journey from Monthey to Morgins and Val d’Illiez, it does not take long to be among vineyards and walnut and chestnut trees, with backward views across the valley to the Dent de Morcles and other peaklets and rocky outliers of the Alps of Canton Vaud.