Trekking in the Vanoise: A Trekking Circuit of the Vanoise National Park

by Kev Reynolds

Overview

A guidebook to walking the 163km (101 mile) Tour of the Vanoise and the 72km (45 mile) Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise. These hut-to-hut treks through the Vanoise National Park in the French Alps are suitable for fairly experienced hikers and can be walked in 2 weeks. 

• The Tour of the Vanoise is presented in 11 stages of 6-19km (4-12 miles) and Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise in 5 stages of 8-20km (5-12 miles)
• Three other treks are also summarised – Tour of the Eastern Vanoise, Tour of the Western Vanoise and a Traverse of the Vanoise via the GR5 and GR55
• Routes from key areas including Modane, Termignon, Bonneval-sur-Arc, Val d'Isère, Tignes, Pralognan-la-Vanoise
• Suitable to be walked in the summer, mid-June to end of September
• GPX files available to download
• 1:50,000 maps are included for each stage
• Detailed information about accommodation, facilities and mountain huts along the route

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781852848637
Publisher:	Cicerone Press Limited
Publication date:	03/31/2022
Edition description:	Third edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

A lifelong passion for the countryside in general and mountains in particular, drives Kev Reynolds' desire to share his sense of wonder and delight in the natural world through his writing, guiding, photography, and lecturing.

Table of Contents

Route summary tables 8

Introduction 13

Tour of the Vanoise 14

Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise 14

Short tours in the Vanoise 15

The Vanoise National Park 16

Wildlife and Alpine flowers 17

When to go 20

How to get there 21

Accommodation 22

Notes for walkers 25

Recommended maps 27

Equipment 27

Safety in the mountains 29

Using this guide 31

Tour of the Vanoise 35

Stage 1 Modane to Refuge de l'Orgère 41

Stage 2 Refuge de l'Orgère to Refuge de Plan Sec 46

Stage 3 Refuge de Plan Sec to Refuge de l'Arpont 52

Stage 4 Refuge de l'Arpont to Refuge du Plan du Lac 58

Stage 5 Refuge du Plan du Lac to Refuge du Vallonbrun 64

Stage 6 Refuge du Vallonbrun to Bonneval-sur-Arc 71

Stage 7 Bonneval-sur-Arc to Val d'lsère 79

Stage 7A Bonneval-sur-Arc to Refuge de la Femma 89

Stage 8 Val d'Isère to Refuge de la Leisse 94

Stage 8A Val d'Isère to Refuge de la Femma 103

Stage 9 Refuge de la Leisse to Pralognan-la-Vanoise 108

Stage 9A Refuge de la Femma to Pralognan-la-Vanoise 117

Stage 10 Pralognan-la-Vanoise to Refuge de Pèclet-Polset 120

Stage 11 Refuge de Pèclet-Polset to Modane 126

Tour Des Glaciers De La Vanoise 133

Stage 1 Pralognan-la-Vanoise to Refuge de la Valette 136

Stage 2 Refuge de la Valette to Refuge du Fond d'Aussois 140

Stage 3 Refuge du Fond d'Aussois to Refuge de l'Arpont 145

Stage 4 Refuge de l'Arpont to Refuge du Col de la Vanoise 149

Stage 5 Refuge du Col de la Vanoise to Pralognan-la-Vanoise 152

Short Tours in the Vanoise 156

Short tour 1 Tour of the Eastern Vanoise (Tour de Méan Martin et du Grand Roc Noir) 158

Short tour 2 Tour of the Western Vanoise 162

Short tour 3 Traverse of the Vanoise via the GR5 and GR55 166

Appendix A Useful contacts 170

Appendix B Accommodation 172

Appendix C French-English glossary 176

Appendix D Bibliography 182