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Phone :
04 79 54 86 40
04 79 54 63 65
Email :
info@parcdesbauges.com
accueil.lesaillons@chamberymontagnes.com
Website : http://www.parcdesbauges.com
From 01/06 to 30/09.
Subject to favorable snow and weather conditions.
Agence alpine des territoires - 16/10/2025
www.agate-territoires.fr
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Stone
Ground
Not suitable for strollers
Map references :
TOP 25 IGN n°3432 OT Massif des Bauges
The trou de l'Agneau parking lot at Col de Plainpalais is located on the D912 linking Chambéry to La Féclaz. It is served by local public transport (synchro.grandchambery.fr/).
The bivouac space at Baban is limited to 15 people.
Passage of the golet de l'agneau, equipped with a ladder. Not recommended for people suffering from vertigo.
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.
Yes. Dogs must be kept on a leash in mountain pastures (presence of herds).