Lakes from Chamrousse to La Pra shelter (stage 10 of GR®738 hike)

Hike GR®738 from Chamrousse - the Pra shelter, nothing to envy to the greatest routes of great trekking!
Discover the beautiful and more or less secret mountain lakes on the 10th stage of the GR®738 : Léama, Longet, Bernard, Claret ...
The hiking trail to the refuge de la Pra alternates between ponds and clearings, but it's above all the crystal-clear lakes that make this place exceptional:
- lac Léama: 1,880 meters above sea level and 0.13 hectares (1,300 m2) in size (bivouac allowed 7-9pm, but fire and swimming prohibited)
- lac Bernard: 1997 meters altitude and 0.4 hectares (4000 m2) surface area (bivouac tolerated 19h-9h, fishing authorized with fishing permit, but fire and swimming prohibited)
- lac Longet: 2027 meters altitude, 2.4 hectares surface area and 7.5 meters maximum depth (bivouac tolerated 19h-9h, fishing authorized with fishing permit, but fire and swimming prohibited)
- lac Claret: 2047 meters altitude, 1.2 hectares surface area and 5.5 meters maximum depth (fishing authorized with fishing permit, but bivouacs, fires and swimming prohibited).
- lac Merlat: altitude 2044 meters, surface area 2.4 hectares, maximum depth 12 meters (fishing authorized with fishing permit, but bivouac, fire and swimming prohibited)
- lac David: 2212 meters altitude, 1 hectare surface area and 11 meters maximum depth (bivouac tolerated 7pm-9am, fishing authorized with fishing permit, but fire and swimming prohibited). It is located 500 meters above the refuge de la Pra, to the west when you have the refuge at your back.
Nearby: Lac du Crozet and Lac du Doménon (Lac du Petit Doménon and Lac du Grand Doménon).

Once a chalet-hotel, the refuge de la Pra was very popular with hikers and climbers. Now refurbished, it sleeps 90 in summer.
The GR®738 - Haute traversée de Belledonne is a challenge to be taken up over one or more days to discover the southern part of this massif, leaving from Chamrousse for a one-day loop or a two-day itinerary. Lakes and pastures meet ski lifts, tourism and pastoralism share the space.
Swimming in the lakes is forbidden by municipal decree of the commune of Revel.