Tour of the Vanoise - France - A Trekker's Guidebook
Tour of the Vanoise
A trekking circuit of the Vanoise National Park
Published
4 Jun 2009
Availability
Published
Edition
Second
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 1.4cm
Weight
230g
Pages
160
Originally Published
4 Jun 2009
Second edition of a comprehensive guide to walking the Tour of the Vanoise, the second most popular tour after the Tour of Mont Blanc and a 10-12 day circuit through the French Alps, between Mont Blanc and the Écrins. Includes suggestions for shorter treks: Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise, Tour of the Eastern Vanoise and Traverse of the Vanoise.
Activities
walking, backpacking, trekking, hut-to-hut touringSeasons
mid-June to mid-September with possible snow early in the seasonCentres
access through Chambéry and Genoble; Modane, Termignon, Bessans, Bonneval all in the Maurienne valley, Val D’Isère, Tignes, ProlognanDifficulty
a two-week summer alpine mountain trek, plus short tours, camping or staying in mountain huts and refugesMust See
the high Vanoise near the Grand Casse, the frontier peaks, the wildlife and flowers in the Vanoise National Park
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