Tour des Combins — Stage 6: Cabane FXB Panossière → Cabane de Chanrion

From the Panossière hut cross the Col des Otanes (2,846 m), overlooking the whole Corbassière glacier, and descend to the great Mauvoisin dam. Then ascend along the long reservoir through tunnels and ledges to the Cabane de Chanrion (2,462 m), in the mineral heart of upper Bagnes.

The Col des Otanes is the roof of the Tour des Combins: from the climb you take in the whole Corbassière glacier, from the summit icefall to the snout. The long descent reaches the Mauvoisin dam, a 250-metre arch — among the world’s highest — that transformed the valley. You then head up the lake on the high path: tunnels cut into the rock, protected ledges and waterfalls plunging into the turquoise reservoir. Beyond the alluvial plain of the Grand Charmotane you finally climb to Chanrion, in the mineral realm of upper Bagnes, where ibex and bearded vultures are at home.