Last Sunday, with 2 other mountain leaders from the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix, we set off for 6 days around the Ruan with 19 teenagers. of 14 to 16 years old.

A great week on a quiet trail. The Ruan summit, located north-ouest of the Chamonix valley (further north of the Emosson dam), is barely known. The trail that goes around is yet splendid. Going through massif of different geology, it offers a variety of landscapes :

• limestone pavements of the combe aux Puaires pass,
• limestone cliffs of the Ruan or Tenneverge mountains,
• massive and verticals pics of the Mont-Blanc,
• eroded summits of the Aiguilles-Rouges…

richer than the classical Tour du Mont-Blanc. Panoramas of the Mont-Blanc are also, from my standpoint, far more spectacular than from the Tour du Mont-Blanc trail as they embrace the entire massif.

Jour 1 :
Le Pied du Crêt – Folly hut – combe aux Puaires – Vogealle hut

Jour 2 :
Ottants pass– Susanfe hut – Susanfe pass – Salanfe dam’s inn

Jour 3 :
Emaney pass – Barberine pass– Emosson dam’s inn

Jour 4 :
Loriaz hut – les Granges – Grotte à Farinet – Tête de Praz Torrent – lac Blanc hut

Jour 5 :
top of the Index chair lift– Glière pass– lac Cornu – pont d’Arlevé – Moëde Anterne hut

From the Gière pass the weather will turn bad and I won’t take my camera off the bag. If you want to see pictures of the area, please refer to the article : looking for fossils.

Jour 6 :
lac de Pormenaz – chalets de Pormenaz – les moulins d’en haut – gare de Servoz (retour en train jusqu’à Chamonix)