Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
At the Plan (or plateau) de la Croix, a steep but short climb joins a ski trail, which you'll soon have to leave at the 1st bend to enter the forest. The flat path leads to some chalets - note the old snowshoes decorating the wall.
A fork offers a loop via Porcherey Devant or Derrière.
Via Porcherey Derrière: a small track winds its way up through the diverse forest, where you come across numerous animal tracks; “shh”, they're at home here!
Crossing more open areas, you can admire the Mont Blanc range, gradually emerging from the forest, the layer of snow thickening and an immense white landscape appearing.
View of summer alpine chalets and winter restaurants-bistros.
Avoid the ski slopes, as you'll be walking on “snow dunes”!
You can see the Porcherey cross, and make a detour towards the inn and the arrival of the slopes leading down from Mont Joly.
A fork offers a loop via Porcherey Devant or Derrière.
Via Porcherey Derrière: a small track winds its way up through the diverse forest, where you come across numerous animal tracks; “shh”, they're at home here!
Crossing more open areas, you can admire the Mont Blanc range, gradually emerging from the forest, the layer of snow thickening and an immense white landscape appearing.
View of summer alpine chalets and winter restaurants-bistros.
Avoid the ski slopes, as you'll be walking on “snow dunes”!
You can see the Porcherey cross, and make a detour towards the inn and the arrival of the slopes leading down from Mont Joly.
