Sport Itineraries: Doues

From the municipal seat of Doues route 8 takes you to the chapel of Torrent (built after the 1630 plague, and dedicated to Saint Fabian and Saint Sebastian). From here, continue along the same itinerary which crosses over the paved road several times and going through several villages as far as the pasture of Champillon. In a short time you come to Plan Détruit, where a cross commemorates those who fell during the battle with the Valaisans. Continue along the dirt road and after 300 m, take route AV1 on the left of the road, which goes over the Tsa alp and Letey mountain refuge, and reaches Col de Champillon.

Walk along the road following the bends that lead to Pointier: just beyond you’ll find the start of path 8 on your right. Take the path entering the fir woods to another mountain pasture and then turn onto the road that leads right for several hundred meters to another path. Climb the snow-covered Plan Taredaz field to the Vorbé holiday farm. Here return to the snow-covered road and take the wide turn to the left to the foot of the Novella chalet: turn right and climb the snowy slope to the road near Parc. Continue on the road that follows the left curve of the ledge to Plan Débat and, just beyond, the Nôtre Dame de la Neige cross.
Leave the road turning left to climb the beautiful snow-covered slope, keeping the watershed on your right until you reach Tsa de Champillon. The end is in sight. Climb the gentle ridge until you finally reach the Champillon Refuge.

From Posseille, 1,450 m, climb the fields above heading North-West to the Moffes chalet, 1,953 m, and then to the Arp di Praz chalet, 2,055 m. Go around the base of the Crou di Blenche following the farm road to the Champillon valley until you reach the mountain range at altitude 2,078 m. Continue West to the Letey chalet, 2,297 m. Continue in the same direction climbing the simple route over the canyons to the hill.