Table of Contents
Route summary tables 8
Introduction 13
Tour of the Vanoise 14
Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise 14
Short tours in the Vanoise 15
The Vanoise National Park 16
Wildlife and Alpine flowers 17
When to go 20
How to get there 21
Accommodation 22
Notes for walkers 25
Recommended maps 27
Equipment 27
Safety in the mountains 29
Using this guide 31
Tour of the Vanoise 35
Stage 1 Modane to Refuge de l'Orgère 41
Stage 2 Refuge de l'Orgère to Refuge de Plan Sec 46
Stage 3 Refuge de Plan Sec to Refuge de l'Arpont 52
Stage 4 Refuge de l'Arpont to Refuge du Plan du Lac 58
Stage 5 Refuge du Plan du Lac to Refuge du Vallonbrun 64
Stage 6 Refuge du Vallonbrun to Bonneval-sur-Arc 71
Stage 7 Bonneval-sur-Arc to Val d'lsère 79
Stage 7A Bonneval-sur-Arc to Refuge de la Femma 89
Stage 8 Val d'Isère to Refuge de la Leisse 94
Stage 8A Val d'Isère to Refuge de la Femma 103
Stage 9 Refuge de la Leisse to Pralognan-la-Vanoise 108
Stage 9A Refuge de la Femma to Pralognan-la-Vanoise 117
Stage 10 Pralognan-la-Vanoise to Refuge de Pèclet-Polset 120
Stage 11 Refuge de Pèclet-Polset to Modane 126
Tour Des Glaciers De La Vanoise 133
Stage 1 Pralognan-la-Vanoise to Refuge de la Valette 136
Stage 2 Refuge de la Valette to Refuge du Fond d'Aussois 140
Stage 3 Refuge du Fond d'Aussois to Refuge de l'Arpont 145
Stage 4 Refuge de l'Arpont to Refuge du Col de la Vanoise 149
Stage 5 Refuge du Col de la Vanoise to Pralognan-la-Vanoise 152
Short Tours in the Vanoise 156
Short tour 1 Tour of the Eastern Vanoise (Tour de Méan Martin et du Grand Roc Noir) 158
Short tour 2 Tour of the Western Vanoise 162
Short tour 3 Traverse of the Vanoise via the GR5 and GR55 166
Appendix A Useful contacts 170
Appendix B Accommodation 172
Appendix C French-English glossary 176
Appendix D Bibliography 182