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

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’Orgère

Stage 2 Refuge de l’Orgère 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’Isère

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

Stage 8 Val d’Isère to Refuge de la Leisse

Stage 8A Val d’Isère 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 Péclet-Polset

Stage 11 Refuge de Péclet-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

Seasons

The summer trekking season - mid-June to the end of September

Centres

Modane, Termignon, Bonneval-sur-Arc, Val d'Isère, Tignes, Pralognan-la-Vanoise

Difficulty

Mostly easy trekking at fairly high altitude. A few optional route variants cross high and remote cols, whilst a very small number of stages have short sections aided by steps or cables. A great - often overlooked - place to start a trekking lifestyle.

Must See

The Grande Casse and Grande Motte, views north to Mont Blanc and south to the Écrins massif, lakes at Plan du Lac and Lozières, the Dent Parrachée, the beautiful Leisse and Rocheure valleys, the wild landscapes of the high passes of the eastern and western Vanoise

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