Hiking trail: the Lac du Clou

Shuttle service between Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise resort and Echaillon parking lot. Downloadable timetables. Shuttle service available during summer season. From l'Echaillon: 2km walk to the hamlet of Monal.Departure from the Mélèzes parking lot : - 10 am - 11 am - 12 am - 2 pm - 3 pm Departure from Echaillon parking lot (return to station) : - 10:30 am - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm There will also be two stops at the main town (village of Sainte-Foy) at 9.30am and 5pm. Access to the Échaillon car park, the starting point for hikes to the hamlet of Monal and the Clou valley, is closed to private vehicles. The aim of this measure is to preserve natural areas and their flora and fauna. As a result, a free shuttle service will be provided from the Mélèzes car park in the Sainte-Foy resort during the summer season from 01 July to 31 August. By municipal by-law no. 2024/36 regulating access to the mountain pasture roads from Bonconseil to Planbois and from Bonconseil to Le Monal.

La Ferme des Balmes est un alpage situé dans un vallon classé site naturel à 2620m, les vaches broutent tranquillement au milieu d'une nature luxuriante.

Le vallon du clou se situe au-dessus du célèbre village du Monal. D'accès facile, ce point de passage permet de poursuivre vers le col de l'aiguille via Le lac du Clou, vers le lac Noir et la frontière Italienne.

Because of its great architectural, historical and landscape interest, the hamlet of Monal is protected as a listed site. Site of high quality, typical of the rural and pastoral civilization of the last century.

Site classified under its natural and heritage interest located at 1874 m altitude .. Le Monal is one of the finest examples of montagnettes in Tarentaise, facing the glaciers of Mt Pourri, Monal tightens its traditional chalets around his chapel.Starting on foot from the resort by a forest path, you can easily reach the Monal Site - this hamlet is made up of chalets, mountain dwellers, having preserved all their authenticity of the 18th and 19th centuries - the natural environment of stone and Wood is found entirely in the mode of construction, and the water is also richly present in the gouilles and streams, which snake between the houses.