Grade F
Length of climb 695m height gain, 3 hours
High season june – september
Access

The route is climbed from the Conscrits hut which is reached from the village of Cugnon (1100m), near to Les Contamines.

Route

Day 1:

To Conscrits hut.

From Les Contamines, go to small village of Cugnon (1100m) and park.

Take the well-marked trail up through the forest to the Tré la Tête hut (2 hours).

From there, follow the path to the foot of the glacier (1 hour), then head towards the centre of the glacier and up towards the Tré la Tête-Grande seracs. Cross the flat area below the seracs towards the right bank.

Climb up onto the right bank of the glacier on fairly steep ground, following blue paint marks.There are fixed ropes and hand lines in steepest section then a path leading to the hut.

3 hours from Tré la Tête  hut, 5 hours in total.

Agrandir le plan

Day 2:

From the hut, climb the NW moraine on the left, leading to a large snow slope.

This leads on to a steeper section to reach the B?ɬ©rang?ɬ®re glacier.

Climb the glacier and then the easy rocks to the summit.

Descent

Same route in reverse.

Enfin des bonnes conditions prévues et une météo au beau ! cool

Nous devions monter au dôme de Polset mais au dernier moment nous avons appelé le refuge des conscrits où le sympathique gardien pouvait nous accueillir, c’est donc parti pour les Dômes de Miage.

Départ de Chambéry, camp de base au camping du lac Carouge, pour le Cugnon juste à côté des Contamines en Haute Savoie, 1h30 de route.