<h2>Ascent</h2> <p>From the parking just beyond the Telecabine de la Gorge, cross the Bon Nant river and go along the track for 300m to opposite Chapelle de Notre-Dame de la Gorge 1210m, (bridge.) Go up the track on the true right bank, (Roman road, often iced, crampons sometimes useful!) You cross a Roman bridge, (worth a closer look) to reach the hamlet of Nant Borrant and a long flat area, la Rollaz (1530m). Follow the track until La Balme (1706m, (private hut, closed in winter and spring). Climb up a little shoulder to the SW of the chalets then to the S to near a pylon. (Keep to the left to avoid avalanches coming down from the Roches Franches to the right). Descend a little, behind the pylon and by a short traverse reach the flattish area of the Plan Jovet. Go up to the SE and bypass a large rock band by a little shoulder on the true right bank of the Bon Nant, (until Tumulus 2043m). Traverse the Plan des Dames to the S then go up a little cwm more steeply to the SW. At 2250m go at an easier angle to the S to reach the col.</p> <h2>Descent</h2> <p>By the same route. Depending on conditions, one can ski down most of the gullies and snow bowls to the Plan Jovet.</p> <p>The Roman road down to the chapel is often impossible to ski; a sheet of water ice with protruding rocks! To long flat sections (Plan Jovet et la Rollaz) Enter them at maximum speed to minimize the poling. An extension towards the Tête N des Fours possible.</p>

Col du Bonhomme