Trail in France
Itinerant & Wild Trail between Vanoise and Mont Blanc
Technical lev. : 3 / 5
Physical lev. : 4 / 5
In the beginning of the program, we are accommodating in a ** hotel, to then switch to an altitude hotel at the Col du Petit Saint Bernard at the border between France and Italy, with the south face of Mont Blanc in the background. We will then return to our hotel and therefore leave again for two wild days at the heart of the Vanoise National Park. We will return to the hotel at the end of the stay. A Trail that will take you to explore beautiful mountains on off-trails, following the Chamois and Bouquetins tracks. Soon you will be as agile as them ...
Booking Dates & Prices
The Trip
The Program
Check-in possible from 2:00 pm.
Meeting with your trekking guide at 4:30 pm for the week briefing and backpack check.
You will still have time to go for last minute shopping before dinner, in case you forgot something.
DAY 2 and 3: Mini itinerant days but without a backpacks, we stay two days around the Petit Saint Bernard.
Running time and breaks: 6 to 7 hours of race and technique
Vertical drop and kilometers: +1000 m and - 1000 m About 20 km
Night: Hospice du Petit Saint Bernard
Transport to the Col du Petit Saint Bernard, for two days - Loop Trail on the Lakes and on the Bassa Serra Pass.
Today the goal is the Col Bassa Serra and the view of the south side of Mont Blanc, but before that we will cross small valleys with some beautiful lakes. It is one of the most beautiful days of trail that you can do in the Alps, a wild valley that you will remember in one of your best dreams. The south face of Mont Blanc is great with its 3000m height, you would think that we left for the Himalayas ....
Running time and breaks: 5 to 7 hours
Vertical drop and kilometers: + 900m and -1200m About 18 km
Night: Hotel Val Joly
Loop trail on Mont Valezan (summit between France and Italy) down to Chatelard.
Transport and overnight at Base Camp Lodge in Bourg Saint Maurice.
Running time and breaks: 6 to 7 hours approximately
Vertical drop and kilometers: + 1300 m and - 600 m About 20 km
Night: Refuge du Palet.
We start from the Paradiski ski area to enter the Vanoise National Park. We run under La Sache and the Mont Pourri glaciers (3779m), with marmots and surely ibex as partners, before joining the Lac de la Plagne for a swim. If the water is too fresh, only legs but but with a little luck and courage you can bathe entirely.
It will be a perfect cool down for your legs before finishing the climb and joining the Palet refuge.
Running time and breaks: around 6 to 8 hours
Vertical drop and kilometers: -1550 m and + 1450 mApproximately 21 Km
Night: Refuge dru Fond des Fours
It is a magnificent route as we will be running off the trail and maybe in some snowfields, we will gain altitude at the heart of the Vanoise National Park, it is a fairly long day so we start smoothly to hold the distance.
In case of bad conditions we will pass by lower altitude paths to reach the Fond des Fours Hut.
Running time and breaks: 6 to 7 hours approximately
Vertical drop and kilometers: +900 m and - 1600 m About 19 Km
Night: Base Camp Lodge
This is the last day, we can do some 3000 on the sides of the path: we will see, we will choose the goals of the day depending on the shape of the group and the weather.
At the heart of the Vanoise National Park, there are some great views of the Haute Maurienne.
The day is a bit shorter to enjoy as legs may be a little heavier too.
We return to Val d'Isère and to civilization by a great fir trees forest.
Return transport to Bourg Saint Maurice, dinner and overnight at the Hotel in Bourg Saint Maurice/Seez.
END OF THE TRIP: see you next time for a new adventure!
The Budget
We have chosen to include in the price the night before the trek beginning and the night after the end of the trek, in order to allow you to better organize your transports and to avoid to rush, as well as making your trip easier without having to worry about additional nights.
You will be given specific information about the hotel and how to reach it at the time of booking.
Equipment
Consider a backpack of 25/30 leters for the day, to find the good size look for the skitouring backpacks: they are often a little bigger than a regular trail/running backpack.
Useful Information
Cancellation and repatriation insurance is advised as well as other insurance guaranteeing search and mountain rescue (10,000 Euros guarantee approximately).
We have chosen to include in the price the night before the trek beginning and the night after the end of the trek, in order to allow you to better organize your transports and to avoid to rush, as well as making your trip easier without having to worry about additional nights.
You will be given specific information about the hotel and how to reach it at the time of booking.
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