PROGRAM
THE PROGRAM OF THE HIKING HOLIDAY:
Panoramas, refuges, passes… wonderful landscapes every day!
- Sunday: Reception at the hotel in the afternoon and installation.
- Monday : The Muandes lakes from Laval
They shaped our mountain landscape 50000-10000 years ago... these are the last great glaciers which left the trace of their passage: lakes, cirques, moraines and poli-glacial rocks shape the path of this first day of discovery.
Elevation gain: + and – 550m, 4 to 5 hours of walking.
Picnic at lunchtime.
- Tuesday: The Col du Chardonnet and the Casse Blanche lakes
In the Chardonnet alpine pasture, beyond the glacial lock, the surprise of a striking panorama will delight you: a “full eye” facing the legendary rock and ice giants of the Ecrins massif.
A journey that will take place on GR or “off-trail”, in the footsteps of the history of an old graphite mine, in the wild space of the high altitude meadows and in the shimmer of the silver lakes on the borders of the mineral world.
Elevation gain: + and – 800m, 5 to 6 hours of walking.
Picnic at lunchtime.
- Wednesday: The Thures valley and Lake Chavillon (optional: Lake Bellety)
The Thures mountain pasture allows passage to the Vallée Etroite, where the Italian sounds smell of the singing accent and the history of formerly border territories.
The forest climb takes place gradually and leads to a green hanging valley, a vast summer pasture for one of the valley's transhumant herds. A magical viewpoint welcomes you, in a setting of dolomitic mountains, facing the mythical summit of Thabor, great sentinel of the “Valle Stretta”, the panorama of the surrounding valleys and peaks reveals to you the very particular profile of our valley of the Clarée.
Elevation gain: + and – 600m, 4h30 to 5h walk.
- Thursday : Lake Clarée OR Lake Béraudes
In the kingdom of the Haute Vallée, the torrents flow tirelessly, the paths unfold happily, the ridges taper and take on pastel shades, the flowers brighten up between rocks and trickles of water and the fauna sometimes reveals itself in a discreet ephemeral presence...
A magnificent progression along the singing notes of the Clarée to its source: the path stretches along its clear and flowing waters to arrive at the gates of the Haute Maurienne, in a place of yesteryear's border that is still present today
OR a “climb” with a short but pronounced drop in the coolness of tumbling torrents, on the bends of a path with flowery pebbles which leads us into the alcove of an unforgettable glacial lake.
Picnic at lunchtime.
Elevation gain: + and – 500 to 700m, 4h30 to 6h of walking.
- Friday: Laramon Lake and Serpent Lake
The pastoral space of the hamlet of Ricou opens access to the soothing calm of the mountain lakes: here, of the myriad lakes of the upper Clarée, two of the largest are available to us.
The path rises gently in the heart of a 180° panorama over the Cerces massif, then over that of the Ecrins, towards the marine and emerald colors of these two superb lakes where one would happily come across fishermen or hikers " In the long term ".
Picnic at lunchtime.
Elevation gain: + and – 600m, 4h30 to 5h walk.
- Saturday : end of stay after breakfast.
VERY IMPORTANT : the guide reserves the right to modify the program whatever the cause (weather conditions, snow conditions, technical level of the participants) in the interest of a better progress of your stay.
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