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Day 2: A short walk above the refuge leads to the Vieux Emosson lake where you make an arc round its north shore, pass the dinosaur prints (see box) and cross the bounding ridge (with chain safeguards) into France at the cone-shaped Cheval Blanc (2831m). Should you have the energy, and the weather is good, an option here is to make the ascent of Mont Buet at 3096m. Descending into the Combe de Buet the Tour visits the little Lac du Plan du Buet, and continues among limestone towers before descending to the Chalet-Refuge du Grenairon which provides accommodation above the Giffre valley at 1974m, about 5½hrs from the Vieux Emosson refuge.

Day 3: Much of this day is spent working towards the head of the Giffre valley blocked by the Dents Blanche–Mont Ruan wall, and with the huge Tenneverge ridge which carries the Franco-Swiss border, soaring 1900m above to the right. A 1000m descent takes you down to the valley, at first on limestone, then through meadows lavish with flowers in early summer. Crossing the valley in its upper reaches near the Chalets du Boret, the way then climbs a little over 500m to gain the CAF-owned Refuge de la Vogealle at 1901m.