How to reach the tourist office?
From 01/06 to 30/09.
Subject to favorable snow and weather conditions.
The tour of the Dents Blanches is a challenging route in the wilderness, suitable for expert walkers who know how to find their bearings in the mountains: several of the technical sections are more like high-mountain hiking.
Day 1: Allamands (Samoëns) to Refuge Bostan-Tornay
The route winds its way up through forests and alpine pastures, between the Dents d'Oddaz and the Avouille, to the plain of the Bostan-Tornay hut, with its panoramic views over the Giffre valley, the Pointe de la Golèse and the Chalets de Bottière. An extraordinary site of rock, meadows and alpine flora.
Don't forget to climb to the Col de Golèse above the refuge, a 30-minute walk away. The view of the Terre Maudites, the Golèse refuge and the Giffre and Morzine valleys is breathtaking.
Day 2: Refuge de Bostan-Tornay to Refuge Vogealle from Col de Bostan.
You'll pass through a mining landscape with magnificent high-mountain panoramas: Lac des Verdets, Cirque du Bout du Monde, Pointe Rousse, Lac de la Vogealle, Dents Blanches, Pointe de Bostan.
Day 3: Refuge Vogealle to Refuge de Folly
Magnificent scenery, rocks of changing colors, from gray to anthracite, and once again the turquoise-blue waters of an alpine lake.
We propose a route on the French slopes, but if you wish, the itinerary can also be extended into Switzerland.
1/ DAY 1: Les Allamands -Samoëns ( 1096m) to refuge de Bostan-Tornay (1757m) 2h30
2/ DAY 2: refuge de Bostan-Tornay (1757m) - refuge de la Vogealle (1901m) via the Col de Bostan.
Refuge de Bostan (1757m) - Col de Bostan (2290m): 1h40
Col de Bostant - Lac de la Vogealle (2001m): 3h15
Lac de la Vogealle- Refuge de la Vogealle (1901m): 0h15
3/ DAY 3: refuge de la Vogealle (1901m) - refuge de Folly (1574m)
refuge de la Vogealle- Col des Chambres (2338m):1h30
Col des Chambres - Lac des Chambres (2092m): 0h45
Lac des Chambres - Refuge de Folly(1574m): 1h15
4/ DAY 4: Refuge de Folly (1574m) - Les Allamands (1996m)
Refuge de Folly - Les Allamands: 2h00
A starting point for numerous races and circuits, the Refuge du Folly is the perfect place to discover the extraordinary flora and fauna of our mountains. Accessible to all types of hikers, from the most experienced to those taking their fi...
Above Samoëns and isolated in the mountains, the Bostan refuge is the ideal place to welcome hikers for a short break or for the night. Accommodation and catering in the mountains. Home and local products. Pleasure for the eyes and taste bu...
This mini tour of the Dents Blanches is total immersion in a wild and protected massif at the heart of stunning landscapes.
Magnificent landscapes, with colours that range from the anthracite grey of the rocks to the turquoise blue of mountain lakes. This penultimate stage has a high mountain character.
This stage has a high-mountain character, with equipped passages and magnificent panoramic views: Cirque du Bout du Monde, Pointe Rousse, Lac de la Vogealle, the Dents Blanches, the Pointe de Bostan.
Located in the Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval nature reserve, this refuge is accessible in 3-4 hours of walking from the Fer-à-Cheval cirque.
The safest way to a successful holiday in Samoëns. Located near the centre of the village, beside a vast free car park, the artificial winter ice rink, the Tourist Office is open to visitors all year round.
A beautiful panoramic view of the Giffre valley, the Pointe de la Golèse, the Bottière chalets. An amazing site, consisting of boulders, grassland and alpine flora.
