From the Col chairlift head down onto the Chavière glacier and skin up to the Col de Gébroulaz - it's a big "S" left then right, with a final boot-pack (normally) to reach the col. An easy detour to the summit of the Mont de Gébroulaz is possible from here. From the col a slightly rising traverse around the first big bowl takes you the middle branch of the Gébroulaz glacier below the Aiguille de Polset - a first steep pitch leads to more moderate terrain, but be wary of more heavily crevassed sections down between the rock ridges lower down.

Once through the upper section (once the 3 branches have joined up) you have about 5km of easy cruising (great fun in good spring snow) down a short but narrow and steep-sided gully to pass through above the Refuge du Saut, then follow the Tuéda valley under the Aiguille du Fruit to eventually emerge in the cross-country tracks above Mottaret. One last bit of work here takes you back to the lifts.