Cabane de Combe Oursière

The place

Sleeping capacity: 4 This cabin, once occupied by a shepherd, has been gradually restored (including the furniture, cupboards, etc.) and is maintained by a solitary, anonymous volunteer (see the cabin logbook)... PLEASE RESPECT HIS WORK !!! And let him know that on "refuges.info" he can find goodwill... Small stone cabin, a single room. Table, two benches, small cupboard, broom, cutting tools. A ladder leads to a loft where a little dry straw has been laid out as a mattress: you sleep there 4 or 5 to a room, squeezed in a bit. A fairly archaic fireplace: hearth made of large assembled stones, topped with a rudimentary metal hood set into the wall... the heating power of this equipment is not guaranteed! Clean and in generally good condition (frames, masonry), with perhaps a few drafts in the loft, and some lingering traces of dampness (metal roof to be checked). Cabin logbook (started in 2002, half full). Water a few steps away in the stream (flow to be checked in autumn) WARNING: The remarks and caveats about access in winter, early spring or during heavy rain, given on the Cabane du Col page (see that name), also apply here!!! I am changing the name so it matches the local mapping... As this term is very common in Alpine toponymy, there could be duplicates in the future. Mapping: IGN 1:25000 3336 OT "La Mure - Valbonnais". Access by vehicle identical to the [->1260]. After leaving the car park, you almost immediately come to a fork, at the signpost marked "Vaunoire". Leave the track heading straight east and take the path to the right, marked with yellow marks, which immediately crosses the torrent on a wooden bridge to follow the left bank westward. Shortly after, another fork (signpost) where the very well-marked path starts to the left and climbs very steadily (which is part of its charm) through countless switchbacks. This is very well shown on the IGN map. Following a wooded ridge between two streams, you climb almost always in the shade. Around 1400 m, an area cleared by chainsaw. The damage doesn't appear to date from the winter of 2005/2006, and seems due more to a blast effect (powder avalanche) than a melt slide (large uprooted trees on site, no sign of debris carried along the ground). You cross the stream running west of the path, then cross back to return to the original bank, and a few switchbacks bring you to the tree line at the cabin, which you reach after crossing the eastern stream at the very last moment. Private cabin, left open under the responsibility of visitors.