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Like an alpine ibex: 19km

Credit : Gilles Lansard

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Description

A long, strenuous hike over varied terrain.
Detailed description available at the Tourist Office.

Technical informations

This circuit was updated on: 12/04/2024

19 km

3 h

max. 1779 m

min. 1364 m

936 m

Altimetric profile

Starting point

290 Avenue de Chasseforêt , 73710 Pralognan-la-Vanoise

Lat : 45.381765Lng : 6.721455

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Pralognan-La-Vanoise Guide Service

The Bureau des Guides de Pralognan-la-Vanoise is one of the largest in France: 30 independent guides, climbing BEs and mountain guides, who passionately perpetuate the values and know-how passed down from generation to generation.Live the exceptional with the guides of Pralognan, during glacial or mixed races that will take you to the most beautiful peaks of the Vanoise massif: Dôme de Polset, Grand Bec, Pointe de la Glière, Grande Casse... In rock climbing, they will take you on a multitude of routes of all levels traced in the faces or on the edges of the Aiguille de la Vanoise, Arcelin, Grand Marchet, or Roc de la Valette. Discover in complete serenity, with a state-certified mountain guide, the Vanoise National Park. This majestic massif conceals many treasures. In this last wild bastion where the highest peaks of Savoie are located, the guides offer you hikes which are above all human adventures. Find, by walking, the taste for observing, feeling, listening or quite simply to admire nature.

69 rue du Grand Couloir 73710 Pralognan-la-Vanoise

- Office de Tourisme de Pralognan -

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Date and time

From 15/05/2024 to 01/11/2024
From 15/05/2025 to 01/11/2025

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Office de Tourisme de Pralognan-la-Vanoise - 11/04/2024
www.pralognan.com
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Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

1. Go behind the Crédit Agricole and then past the fire station towards the entrance to the village, at the Petit Poucet track.
2. Climb above the La Rossa garage via the ski slope and follow a wide, often muddy path along the main road to the Route de La Croix. Follow the road up to this pretty listed village.
3. Climb the Corniche path - steep! - then head back down to the village of Pralognan along the passable road.
4. Follow the road around the Plateau. Climb towards the hamlet of Chollière.
View of Grande Casse and the Vanoise valley from the top of the Chollière lookout. A few stretches of tarmac road.
5. After the Chollière lookout, head south through the hamlet and up to Les Planes on a rolling path.
6. Cross the Gerlon bridge and then descend to the cross-country ski trail. There are a few variations in gradient along the way.
7. Join the Rocher Blanc path and cross the Isertan forest, taking care on uneven ground. Keep to the side, following the very rolling path of the penstock.
8. Take a short diversions via the Cirque de l'Arcelin on a wide, rolling track. Take advantage of the flat area of this glacial cirque to look around and head down towards the village on the GR55 via the hamlets of Les Fontanettes and Les Bieux.