La Courbe - Hiking from Puy-le-Bas (Le Freney-d'Oisans)
Before your visit
As this route is potentially subject to severe damage due to major weather events and its viability may be uncertain, please enquire before embarking on it.
The Courbe site offers a pleasant afternoon stroll on the sunny slopes of the Grandes Rousses massif. You can visit the village of Clavans before returning.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Start: Puy le bas
Height difference: 500 m
Round trip time: 3h30
Return distance: 7.4 km
Level : Medium
ITINERARY
Above Puy-le-Bas, the trail crosses. The slope then steepens through the alpine pastures to reach a rockier area and finally the Rocher de la Courbe.
After crossing Puy-le-Bas, the carriage road turns right to the champ de Bonnefond, where the path is signposted on the right.
Enjoy the freshness of the water intake. Continue until you come to a wide bend in the road, where the path turns right into a meadow, always well-marked as far as La Courbe. You pass under the Bec de l'Aigle (where you might spot some chamois!).
You can continue on to the ruins of the chalet, where cairns indicate the way through the site to find the path down to Clavans. To avoid the village, look for a little-used, unmaintained path 50 m below the descent, which leads to a wider path from Clavans. Shaded area. Climb up to the Follet oratory and continue through the woods along the side of the Clapière to reach Puy-le-Bas.
Route details
Pets welcome
Opening
From 01/06 to 31/10 : open daily.
More details
Not accessible in a wheelchair
Informations to download
Go there
Latitude : 45.052541
Longitude : 6.117016
Height : 1300
38142 Le Freney-d'Oisans
Go there
En voiture : depuis le Freney-d'Oisans, prendre la route en direction d'Auris-en-Oisans puis suivre la direction Puy-le-bas, Puy-le-haut et se garer dans Puy-le-bas.
Possibilité de se garer au niveau du lavoir.
Pour aller au départ de la randonnée : monter en direction de Puy-le-haut, avant de sortir de Puy-le-bas, prendre le chemin de Bonnefond à droite. Le départ se trouve après 140m de marche, dans le virage du chemin.
Le bus T73 s'arrête au niveau du village du Freney d'Oisans.
Rajouter 2,7 Km et 400 m de dénivelé positif.
Information updated on 11/03/2026
by Oisans Tourisme
