Trekking in the Vanoise: Tour of the Vanoise and the Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise
English
By (author): Jonathan Williams Kev Reynolds
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 (412 miles) in length, and the Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise in presented in 5 stages of 820km (512 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