Contents
Introduction
Tour of the Vanoise
Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise
Short tours in the Vanoise
The Vanoise National Park
Wildlife and Alpine flowers
When to go
How to get there
Accommodation
Notes for walkers
Recommended maps
Equipment
Safety in the mountains
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 du Col de la Vanoise
Stage 5 Refuge du Col de la Vanoise to Pralognan-la-Vanoise
Short tours in the Vanoise
Short tour 1 Tour of the Eastern Vanoise (Tour de Méan Martin et du Grand Roc Noir)
Short tour 2 Tour of the Western Vanoise
Short tour 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