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Praz de Fort, one of the largest of the Val Ferret villages

The Saleina valley, or Vallon d’Arpette de Saleina to give its full name, opens a little south of Praz de Fort (1151m), one of the largest of Ferret villages, which boasts a grocery as well as a post office. Two huts of interest to climbers intent on one or more summits at this outpost of the Mont Blanc range can be reached from the village; these are the Cabane de Saleina and Cabane d’Orny. A metalled service road projects a short way towards the huts, with a car park at around 1250m. The road actually continues beyond this, but anyone planning to be away for a day or two should make use of the parking spaces available. From the end of the road a path remains on the true left bank of the Reuse de Saleina, then forks. The route to Cabane d’Orny (details above) works up the steep mountainside with a series of zigzags under the crest of the Pointes des Chevrettes, before joining the path from La Breya near a small tarn about 130m below the hut (4½–5hrs from Praz de Fort).