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Hi everyone, back for seconds. A couple weeks ago, I posted about Pralognan-la-Vanoise, a small really nice villagein the heart of Savoie. And I mentionned the Vanoise National Park inside of which Pralognan-la-Vanoise is situated.

I figured I should also post on the National Park. I put in the pictures I believe to be the best I took there, but they not all taken at the same period of time, some pictures have more snow of more yellowish grass because I took them earlier of later in the summer season (spring and fall).

All of them, I took on a hike. There are so many hikes there, the park is really big and you can hike all over the place but even staying in Pralognan-la-Vanoise you have a lot of options (>80 recognised and official trails).

And it's just paradise, finding yourself in there between the moutains, and the grass, the trees, the glaciers, the ibexes is something I could never recommend enough. As for a lot of national parcs the preservation of wildlife and of it's environment is crazy. The parc was created to prevent ibexes for going extinct in the region in the 1960's nowadays the ibex population grew a lot, it's far from uncommon to see, they're everywhere. on top of that the parc has the biggest glacier in europe, and guess what, you can go hike on it too (although you do need a guide for this one).

Everywhere you look is green, cliff, ice or chalets. Just, such a wild nature experience, France has a lot to offer and especially in the alps but I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like the Vanoise.

So I wanted to recommend this to you guys, hope you get to go there (and I get to hear all about it). I mostly talked about summer but if you're into ski touring and mountaineering you'll love winter there. But if you do go there, please follow park recgulations, I can send the "rulebook" if you like.

Thanks and godspeed

Hi everyone,

To all of you who might be interested, last summer I went mountaineering in the french alps and it was absolutely incredible.

I started from Pralognan-la-Vanoise, a small village in the middle of Savoie known for its many 3000m+ peaks. I then went to the Col de la Vanoise shelter. I spent the night there before leaving at 4 am with my guide to go explore GLACIERS.

Everything about it was beautiful, the sunrise on La Grande Casse, being above this immense ice structure (largest one in Europe). Then finding myself inside and below it, in between the sapphire blue ice walls of what is called a Bédière (sort of canyon incide the glacier)

However the reality of them was prety off-putting as they are the cause of global warming. Bédières started appearing a few years ago with melted water running down the glacier and digging into it.

The Bédières give out on Moulins, huge wells cause by still water digging strait down into the glacier. Both are in the picture.

It was an absolutely unforgettable experience (with my pictures as proof)

If you ever wish to do this, remember, glaciers are dangerous and unpredictable and the last thing you want is finding yourself at the bottom of a crevasse. You have to get a guideas they know the place, personally I know that on Pralognan-la-Vanoise's Tourism Website you can book an expedition (at least that's where I booked). Here is the link if you ever need it https://www.pralognan.com/ .

Personnally, I could not recommend this enough to you. Just keep in mind these trips are done at the end of August (There's no water in the Bédières in August).

Stay safe everyone, Godspeed.

I think you guys are gonna appreciate this one.

Yesteday, I told you about a 2 day hike in Pralgonan-la-Vanoise. Today is gonna be about another 2 day hike but on the other side of the village, in the Chavière Valley. The Alpages du Vallon de Chavière hike is about 14km and a little under 750m of altitude gain.

I found it particularly beautiful. It's so green and majestic. you're surrounded by nothing by grass and trees and groundhogs with huge mountains still covered in snow right ahead of you. I almost felt like I was in lord of the rings for a bit. the trails are quite easy and, they ususally don't climb too hard and are on the side of the mountain giving you this sense of greatness.

and on top of that part of the whole thing is that you get to pass trough high altitude pastures where you can relax and enjoy a bit of cheese made from the cows right in front of you.

Great experience I would highly recommend it to families, if you ever want to do this one here are each day's steps

-First you park you car either in the Pralognan-la-Vanoise village of in the Prioux parking lot. That's where you'll start

-Then you make you way toward the Roc de la Pêche shelter, it should take you about 3 Hours. Passing by the Nants Glacier and the Plan des Bôs (basically taking the first part of the Montaimont trail)

-The next day you go to the Alpage de Ritord going allong the valley before finally making your way back to the Parking lot. The trail itself should take you 2 hours

Remember you have to book the shelter in advance and must follow park regulations (no wild camping). If you need the GPX or any further information its all on here https://www.pralognan.com/prestataire/les-alpages-du-vallon-de-chaviere-randonnee-pedestre-en-itinerance-sur-2-jours-6853625/ . And if you do get to go there, I hope you have fun.

PS: It is also possible to sleep at the Alpage de Ritord, no reservation needed, but you do need to bring you own things (tent, food etc.)

I think you guys are gonna appreciate this one.

Yesteday, I told you about a 2 day hike in Pralgonan-la-Vanoise. Today is gonna be about another 2 day hike but on the other side of the village, in the Chavière Valley. The Alpages du Vallon de Chavière hike is about 14km and a little under 750m of altitude gain.

I found it particularly beautiful. It's so green and majestic. you're surrounded by nothing by grass and trees and groundhogs with huge mountains still covered in snow right ahead of you. I almost felt like I was in lord of the rings for a bit. the trails are quite easy and, they ususally don't climb too hard and are on the side of the mountain giving you this sense of greatness.

and on top of that part of the whole thing is that you get to pass trough high altitude pastures where you can relax and enjoy a bit of cheese made from the cows right in front of you.

Great experience I would highly recommend it to families, if you ever want to do this one here are each day's steps

-First you park you car either in the Pralognan-la-Vanoise village of in the Prioux parking lot. That's where you'll start

-Then you make you way toward the Roc de la Pêche shelter, it should take you about 3 Hours. Passing by the Nants Glacier and the Plan des Bôs (basically taking the first part of the Montaimont trail)

-The next day you go to the Alpage de Ritord going allong the valley before finally making your way back to the Parking lot. The trail itself should take you 2 hours

Remember you have to book the shelter in advance and must follow park regulations (no wild camping). If you need the GPX or any further information its all on here https://www.pralognan.com/prestataire/les-alpages-du-vallon-de-chaviere-randonnee-pedestre-en-itinerance-sur-2-jours-6853625/ . And if you do get to go there, I hope you have fun.

PS: It is also possible to sleep at the Alpage de Ritord, no reservation needed, but you do need to bring you own things (tent, food etc.)

I think you guys are gonna appreciate this one.

Yesteday, I told you about a 2 day hike in Pralgonan-la-Vanoise. Today is gonna be about another 2 day hike but on the other side of the village, in the Chavière Valley. The Alpages du Vallon de Chavière hike is about 14km and a little under 750m of altitude gain.

I found it particularly beautiful. It's so green and majestic. you're surrounded by nothing by grass and trees and groundhogs with huge mountains still covered in snow right ahead of you. I almost felt like I was in lord of the rings for a bit. the trails are quite easy and, they ususally don't climb too hard and are on the side of the mountain giving you this sense of greatness.

and on top of that part of the whole thing is that you get to pass trough high altitude pastures where you can relax and enjoy a bit of cheese made from the cows right in front of you.

Great experience I would highly recommend it to families, if you ever want to do this one here are each day's steps

-First you park you car either in the Pralognan-la-Vanoise village of in the Prioux parking lot. That's where you'll start

-Then you make you way toward the Roc de la Pêche shelter, it should take you about 3 Hours. Passing by the Nants Glacier and the Plan des Bôs (basically taking the first part of the Montaimont trail)

-The next day you go to the Alpage de Ritord going allong the valley before finally making your way back to the Parking lot. The trail itself should take you 2 hours

Remember you have to book the shelter in advance and must follow park regulations (no wild camping). If you need the GPX or any further information its all on here https://www.pralognan.com/prestataire/les-alpages-du-vallon-de-chaviere-randonnee-pedestre-en-itinerance-sur-2-jours-6853625/ . And if you do get to go there, I hope you have fun.

PS: It is also possible to sleep at the Alpage de Ritord, no reservation needed, but you do need to bring you own things (tent, food etc.)

I think you guys are gonna appreciate this one.

Yesteday, I told you about a 2 day hike in Pralgonan-la-Vanoise. Today is gonna be about another 2 day hike but on the other side of the village, in the Chavière Valley. The Alpages du Vallon de Chavière hike is about 14km and a little under 750m of altitude gain.

I found it particularly beautiful. It's so green and majestic. you're surrounded by nothing by grass and trees and groundhogs with huge mountains still covered in snow right ahead of you. I almost felt like I was in lord of the rings for a bit. the trails are quite easy and, they ususally don't climb too hard and are on the side of the mountain giving you this sense of greatness.

and on top of that part of the whole thing is that you get to pass trough high altitude pastures where you can relax and enjoy a bit of cheese made from the cows right in front of you.

Great experience I would highly recommend it to families, if you ever want to do this one here are each day's steps

-First you park you car either in the Pralognan-la-Vanoise village of in the Prioux parking lot. That's where you'll start

-Then you make you way toward the Roc de la Pêche shelter, it should take you about 3 Hours. Passing by the Nants Glacier and the Plan des Bôs (basically taking the first part of the Montaimont trail)

-The next day you go to the Alpage de Ritord going allong the valley before finally making your way back to the Parking lot. The trail itself should take you 2 hours

Remember you have to book the shelter in advance and must follow park regulations (no wild camping). If you need the GPX or any further information its all on here https://www.pralognan.com/prestataire/les-alpages-du-vallon-de-chaviere-randonnee-pedestre-en-itinerance-sur-2-jours-6853625/ . And if you do get to go there, I hope you have fun.

I took it on a 2 day hike in between the highest peak in Savoie and the eponym peak of the Vanoise mountain range

Okay, hi everyone.

Coming back with another multiday hike in Pralognan-la-Vanoise. This one is more family friendly, it's a 2 day hike called le Tour de l*'Aiguille de la Vanoise*. It's actually pretty easy, especially if you do it in two days, overall the hike is a little less than 13km with 900m elevation. So I guess it would be a pretty good start if you ever wish to hike overnight as a family or if you're new to it. What's awesome with this hike is that you still get to see amazing landscapes, with this almost as if you're lost in the mountains.

On the first picture you can see two peaks, in the foreground is l*'Aiguille de la Vanoise*, that's what you're going around and right behind it is la Grande Casse still covered in snow, that's the highest peak in all of Savoie. And basically the hike goes right in between both. You get this sensation of freedom and of the greatness of everything around you. I saw things there that I know I will never see anywhere, like the lac des vaches where you walk on a stone path to cross it. And even in the overall aspect of it, even the grass fields just felt unreal.

If you ever wish on going there it's actually really simple:

- You start from Pralognan-la-Vanoise (you can either leave from the village of Pralognan-la-Vanoise or from les Fontanettes and save yourself 200m elevation gain).

- Then head toward the Col de la Vanoise shelter (That's days one and it should take you 3h)

- Day 2 is you following the rest of the trail that passes on the other side on the Aiguille de la Vanoise to come back to the village. (and that should take you 3h)

There are a few things you should know about it, first of all it's in the Vanoise National Park, meaning you're not allowed to do any wild camping. You need to book the shelter in advance (I can send the link if needed). Also, if you need more information, don't be afraid to ask or to check out Pralognan-la-Vanoise's Website it's probably gonna help you more than myself https://www.pralognan.com/prestataire/tour-de-laiguille-de-la-vanoise-randonnee-pedestre-en-itinerance-sur-2-jours-6853839/ here's the link and don't worry there is an english version.

Okay, hi everyone.

Coming back with another multiday hike in Pralognan-la-Vanoise. This one is more family friendly, it's a 2 day hike called le Tour de l*'Aiguille de la Vanoise*. It's actually pretty easy, especially if you do it in two days, overall the hike is a little less than 13km with 900m elevation. So I guess it would be a pretty good start if you ever wish to hike overnight as a family or if you're new to it. What's awesome with this hike is that you still get to see amazing landscapes, with this almost as if you're lost in the mountains.

On the first picture you can see two peaks, in the foreground is l'Aiguille de la Vanoise, that's what you're going around and right behind it is la Grande Casse still covered in snow, that's the highest peak in all of Savoie. And basically the hike goes right in between both. You get this sensation of freedom and of the greatness of everything around you. I saw things there that I know I will never see anywhere, like the lac des vaches where you walk on a stone path to cross it. And even in the overall aspect of it, even the grass fields just felt unreal.

If you ever wish on going there it's actually really simple:

- You start from Pralognan-la-Vanoise (you can either leave from the village of Pralognan-la-Vanoise or from les Fontanettes and save yourself 200m elevation gain).

- Then head toward the Col de la Vanoise shelter (That's days one and it should take you 3h)

- Day 2 is you following the rest of the trail that passes on the other side on the Aiguille de la Vanoise to come back to the village. (and that should take you 3h)

There are a few things you should know about it, first of all it's in the Vanoise National Park, meaning you're not allowed to do any wild camping. You need to book the shelter in advance (I can send the link if needed). Also, if you need more information, don't be afraid to ask or to check out Pralognan-la-Vanoise's Website it's probably gonna help you more than myself https://www.pralognan.com/prestataire/tour-de-laiguille-de-la-vanoise-randonnee-pedestre-en-itinerance-sur-2-jours-6853839/ here's the link and don't worry there is an english version.

Okay, hi everyone.

Coming back with another multiday hike in Pralognan-la-Vanoise. This one is more family friendly, it's a 2 day hike called le Tour de l*'Aiguille de la Vanoise*. It's actually pretty easy, especially if you do it in two days, overall the hike is a little less than 13km with 900m elevation. So I guess it would be a pretty good start if you ever wish to hike overnight as a family or if you're new to it. What's awesome with this hike is that you still get to see amazing landscapes, with this almost as if you're lost in the mountains.

On the first picture you can see two peaks, in the foreground is l'Aiguille de la Vanoise, that's what you're going around and right behind it is la Grande Casse still covered in snow, that's the highest peak in all of Savoie. And basically the hike goes right in between both. You get this sensation of freedom and of the greatness of everything around you. I saw things there that I know I will never see anywhere, like the lac des vaches where you walk on a stone path to cross it. And even in the overall aspect of it, even the grass fields just felt unreal.

If you ever wish on going there it's actually really simple:

- You start from Pralognan-la-Vanoise (you can either leave from the village of Pralognan-la-Vanoise or from les Fontanettes and save yourself 200m elevation gain).

- Then head toward the Col de la Vanoise shelter (That's days one and it should take you 3h)

- Day 2 is you following the rest of the trail that passes on the other side on the Aiguille de la Vanoise to come back to the village. (and that should take you 3h)

There are a few things you should know about it, first of all it's in the Vanoise National Park, meaning you're not allowed to do any wild camping. You need to book the shelter in advance (I can send the link if needed). Also, if you need more information, don't be afraid to ask or to check out Pralognan-la-Vanoise's Website it's probably gonna help you more than myself https://www.pralognan.com/prestataire/tour-de-laiguille-de-la-vanoise-randonnee-pedestre-en-itinerance-sur-2-jours-6853839/ here's the link and don't worry there is an english version.

Okay, hi everyone.

Coming back with another multiday hike in Pralognan-la-Vanoise. This one is more family friendly, it's a 2 day hike called le Tour de l*'Aiguille de la Vanoise*. It's actually pretty easy, especially if you do it in two days, overall the hike is a little less than 13km with 900m elevation. So I guess it would be a pretty good start if you ever wish to hike overnight as a family or if you're new to it. What's awesome with this hike is that you still get to see amazing landscapes, with this almost as if you're lost in the mountains.

On the first picture you can see two peaks, in the foreground is l*'Aiguille de la Vanoise*, that's what you're going around and right behind it is la Grande Casse still covered in snow, that's the highest peak in all of Savoie. And basically the hike goes right in between both. You get this sensation of freedom and of the greatness of everything around you. I saw things there that I know I will never see anywhere, like the lac des vaches where you walk on a stone path to cross it. And even in the overall aspect of it, even the grass fields just felt unreal.

If you ever wish on going there it's actually really simple:

- You start from Pralognan-la-Vanoise (you can either leave from the village of Pralognan-la-Vanoise or from les Fontanettes and save yourself 200m elevation gain).

- Then head toward the Col de la Vanoise shelter (That's days one and it should take you 3h)

- Day 2 is you following the rest of the trail that passes on the other side on the Aiguille de la Vanoise to come back to the village. (and that should take you 3h)

There are a few things you should know about it, first of all it's in the Vanoise National Park, meaning you're not allowed to do any wild camping. You need to book the shelter in advance (I can send the link if needed). Also, if you need more information, don't be afraid to ask or to check out Pralognan-la-Vanoise's Website it's probably gonna help you more than myself https://www.pralognan.com/prestataire/tour-de-laiguille-de-la-vanoise-randonnee-pedestre-en-itinerance-sur-2-jours-6853839/ here's the link and don't worry there is an english version.

Hello, everyone, how are you doing? first post on this community but I've got a little something that you might be interested in. It's a beautiful little village in the middle of Savoie (France) I go to sometimes called Pralognan-la-Vanoise.

It's calm and peaceful, I feel like i'm in another world when I'm there. In a place like France where I thought everything had been seen, it's very surprisings. This village is incredibly authentic, châlets everywhere, pastures in the middle of town, I feel like I'm in a side of France you rarely get to see anymore, that few people even know still exists.

Mountains everywhere just shooting out of the ground going all the way up to over 3000 meters high. The whole valley is full of cliffs, trees and grass, every is green, and then you go outside with this amazing view, a big blue sky and singing birds.

Not only that but overall wildlife preservation around it is exceptionnal, the village is almost entirely inside the Vanoise National Park, the first national park in all of France, filled with ibexes, mountain goats, groundhogs edelweisses and glaciers.

Now's not exactly the season (April), but hiking is a really big thing here. They have a whole lot of hikes, whether they are day hikes or multiday hikes. It's very family friendly, I've seen young and rather eldery people really enjoying themselves in this little paradise. There is always something to do.

If anyone needs more information it's all on Pralognan-la-Vanoise's Tourism Office if you need, I might also be able to answer some questions too.

I put in a few of what I believe are my best pictures including some of La fête de l'alpe et des guides an amazing event focused Alpine and Savoie tradition, shows just how authentic the village is. There is also La fête du Barioz a few weeks earlier. Really amazing discovery this year the dates are 19/07 (La fête du Barioz) and 8/08-9/08 (La fête de l'alpe et des guides) if you're ever interested.

Tallest mountain in savoie (France) near Pralognan-la-Vanoise and its skiing station you can also see in the foreground. Took it on one of my travels there during a hike (it's a big Hiking place

Hello everyone, first post on this community.

This National Park is in France, in the French alps. Most of you probably don't know it but it's the first French National park ever, and according to me the most beautiful.

The most important things about the Vanoise National Park are the glaciers (biggest and most numerous in France) and the ibexes, main reason for the creation of the park that now has the biggest population in France, so seeing some is actually rather common. theere are also many mountain goats, groundhogs and vultures (Gypaète Barbu)

It's also home to the tallest mountain in Savoie La Grande Casse at over 3800m high (which one can climb or go around hiking a few days) and over 30 other 3000m+ summets

Personnaly I explored it from Pralognan-la-Vanoise, a beautiful village almost entirely inside the national park, and closest to its largest Glacier (13 km) and the village actually offers lots of information on the park if you ever feel curious. https://www.pralognan.com/

I've been to many National Parks (US, Chile, France, Thailand etc.) and when people ask me what my favorite one is, I always say this one.

Here is a link to the park's website that might help if you ever wish to go there. https://vanoise-parcnational.fr/fr