A rarely used route, at the border between hiking and mountaineering, allowing you to go to the summit of Chaberton and make a loop down the normal route on the N side.

Statistics

1,410

m

148

m

30

max°

Difficulty

FATMAP difficulty grade

Easy

Description

##Access The itinerary can be done from Montgenèvre or Clavière with a return to the starting point. From Montgenèvre, a car park is available on the road to the Village Club du Soleil (rue des Baïsses).

Take a path going down to the right of the road at the level of the "camping-car" area to reach Clavière and cross the village by the main street. For a departure from Clavière, it is possible to park at the bottom of the village on the large car park towards "l'Igloo".

(departure from the Tibetan bridge). ##Ascent At the bottom of the main street of Clavière, take a small street going upstream (sign "Batteria Alta"). Follow this street which becomes a path and crosses the avalanche barriers.

The route is steep but well traced to the right and joins the abandoned fortifications of the Battery Haute du Petit Vallon (Batterie du Chamois on the IGN map). From there, cross the ruins and take the path that goes to the left and enters the "Petit Vallon", a vast stony valley.

The path winds towards the N on the right edge of the valley in the middle of the stones, marked by cairns.

It then goes further to the right on a more grassy ground to reach the SE shoulder (point 2648 m) which comes up against the rocky bar supporting point 2976 m. From there find a beaconing made of red fluorescent dots.

The path runs along the base of this rocky bar to the left.

The start of the track is located in a large corridor. ## Track The track is marked by red dots and arrows and follows more or less the old telegraph poles. It is equipped with spits. ##Return The return is the normal route on the NW side.

Depending on the place of departure, it is necessary to branch off at a given time; - For a return trip to Montgenèvre: stay to the right of the Rio Secco torrent and follow the chemin des BaÏsses to the starting point (signs indicating "Montgenèvre centre") - For a return to Clavière: at the bottom of the valley at 2025 m, take the path on the left bank of the Rio Secco.<br/><br/>_This Adventure has been shared under the [Creative Commons Share Alike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/) licence._