Rando Bivouac et les Falaises du Margériaz - 2-day hike

After surveying the Margériaz cliffs, the exit at the top of the ridges offers a magnificent panorama of the Bauges and as far as Mont-Blanc. The old Baban hut, now restored as a bivouac site, promises a rustic evening.

TOP 25 IGN n°3432 OT Massif des Bauges

DEPARTURE: Plainpalais - Parking du trou de l'agneau
1/ DAY 1: From Plainpalais to Place à Baban / Duration: 4 h / D+ 650m / D- 500m / Difficulty level: Black

• 1- From Col de Plainpalais, follow the specific caving trail markings, which first follow the GRP route towards La Labiaz.

• 2- Turn left at the crossroads with an old ski run and climb it for a few hundred metres.

• 3- Turn right on a path that climbs through the forest, crosses the Carres clearing and reaches the scree at the foot of Roc de Margériaz.

• 4- Climb the scree to reach the Golet de l'Agneau and the ladder over the cliff.

• 5- Follow the path through the "fault" that cuts into the limestone cliff and leads to the ridge at the top of the Aillons-Margériaz 1400 pistes.

• 6- Follow the ridge to the south until you reach the Tannes et Glacières trail.

• 7- Turn left towards the Margériaz chalets and the bivouac area at Place à Baban (8).

2/ DAY 2: From Place à Baban to Plainpalais / Time: 5h30 / D+ 626 m / D- 776 m / Difficulty level: Red

• 8- Follow the Tannes et Glacières path uphill to the Grand Rafou crossroads, at the upper limit of the forest.

• 9- Turn left towards Col de la Verne.

• 10- Still on the GRP, descend the pass to Les Chavonnes.

• 11- Continue along the flank under the Margériaz cliffs towards Labiaz (12) and then the Col de Plainpalais, where you return to the start.