I prefer to get the Ecudets chair early (saves all those hairpins) head to La Thuile for coffee then do lunch in the iconic Bar San Bernando right opposite the hospice. Lovely people n great food! Then a few runs around the pass before heading down for the late Ecudets chair (don’t miss the turn off above La Ros village) back down to the car park just a few kms from BSM or Villaroger (for us on the dark side!)