Full Description
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 can be walked in 2 weeks and are suitable for fairly experienced hikers.
The Tour of the Vanoise is described in 11 stages each between 6 and 19km (4-12 miles) in length, and the Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise in presented in 5 stages of 8-20km (5-12 miles). Three other treks are also summarised - the Tour of the Eastern Vanoise, the Tour of the Western Vanoise and a Traverse of the Vanoise via the GR5 and GR55.
1:50,000 maps included for each stage
GPX files available to download
Detailed information about accommodation, facilities and mountain huts along the route
Advice on planning and preparation
Contents
Map key
Overview map
Route summary tables
Introduction
Tour of the Vanoise
Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise
Short tours in the Vanoise
When to go
How to get there
Accommodation
Notes for walkers
Recommended maps
Equipment
Safety in the mountains
The Vanoise National Park
Wildlife and Alpine flowers
Using this guide
Tour of the Vanoise
Stage 1 Modane to Refuge de l'Org&##xe8;re
Stage 2 Refuge de l'Org&##xe8;re to Refuge de Plan Sec
Stage 3 Refuge de Plan Sec to Refuge de l'Arpont
Stage 4 Refuge de l'Arpont to Refuge du Plan du Lac
Stage 5 Refuge du Plan du Lac to Refuge du Vallonbrun
Stage 6 Refuge du Vallonbrun to Bonneval-sur-Arc
Stage 7 Bonneval-sur-Arc to Val d'Is&##xe8;re
Stage 7A Bonneval-sur-Arc to Refuge de la Femma
Stage 8 Val d'Is&##xe8;re to Refuge de la Leisse
Stage 8A Val d'Is&##xe8;re to Refuge de la Femma
Stage 9 Refuge de la Leisse to Pralognan-la-Vanoise
Stage 9A Refuge de la Femma to Pralognan-la-Vanoise
Stage 10 Pralognan-la-Vanoise to Refuge de P&##xe9;clet-Polset
Stage 11 Refuge de P&##xe9;clet-Polset to Modane
Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise
Stage 1 Pralognan-la-Vanoise to Refuge de la Valette
Stage 2 Refuge de la Valette to Refuge du Fond d'Aussois
Stage 3 Refuge du Fond d'Aussois to Refuge de l'Arpont
Stage 4 Refuge de l'Arpont to Refuge de la Col de la Vanoise
Stage 5 Refuge de la Col de la Vanoise to Pralognan-la-Vanoise
Short tours in the Vanoise
1 Tour of the Eastern Vanoise
2 Tour of the Western Vanoise
3 Traverse of the Vanoise via the GR5 and GR55
Appendix A Useful contacts
Appendix B Accommodation
Appendix C French-English glossary
Appendix D Bibliography
