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Day 5: Reversing Day 3 of the Tour des Combins ssss1, this 7½–8hr stage returns along the west flank of the valley on an undulating trail passing small tarns, pools and shepherds’ huts, via rocky sections and long open pastures with views through the Val de Bagnes. A steep 700m climb to Col des Otanes (2880m) is rewarded by a sudden spectacular panorama that includes most of the Combin massif and its glaciers. A 200m descent then leads to the well-appointed Cabane de Panossière on the right bank moraine of the Corbassière glacier.

Day 6: After descending below the glacier, the TVB then wanders across a hillside carpeted with alpenroses, cuts into a cleft-like valley and climbs steeply to reach the privately owned Cabane Brunet (2103m) after about 2½hrs. Another 3hrs will be needed to complete this stage, which is mostly pastoral and with views of the Dents du Midi in the distance. Gaining Col de Mille in the valley’s west wall, a few paces on the other side reveals the little Cabane du Col de Mille at 2472m.