Les Chapieux (FR) - Rifugio Elisabetta (IT)

About this hike

Stage 3 threads up the wild Vallée des Glaciers, passes rust‑red farmhouses churning Beaufort cheese, and tops Col de la Seigne where tricolour border stones mark Italy. A swift traverse beneath the pyramid of Pyramides Calcaires leads to stone‑built Rifugio Elisabetta, perched above milky glacial torrents and larch‑rimmed tarns.