France — two weeks of hiking at its best!
Hiking Collection by Saskimo | Saskia
9
Tours
62:57 h
83.5 mi
23,775 ft
We had two weeks to explore the mountains of France. Well, some of them at least. We set off in our car with a roof tent, trekking backpacks and equipment for multi-day Tours. Our goal: it didn't matter, the main thing was mountains and being outside as much as possible!
The result was a hiking holiday at its best! From the Vercors Regional Park, we ventured on to the Ecrins National Park, then to the Verdon Regional Park and finally to the Mercantour National Park. During this incredible fortnight, we completed some epic two- to three-day hikes, witnessed awesome mountain landscapes and rarely saw another soul.
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Tours & Highlights
- 08:089.52 mi1.2 mph4,475 ft2,075 ft
The Vercors massif is very different from any mountain I've ever been to. Somehow lovely, idyllic. The high plateau looks like it is from another world and one would like to just stay and linger there. Fortunately, bivouacking is allowed there and we were allowed to pitch our tent for two nights. So…
- 09:1012.1 mi1.3 mph1,400 ft1,375 ft
The second day in the Vercors was somehow exhausting, even though it didn't have that many vertical meters. Perhaps it was still the exertion of the first day or the unfamiliar burden of walking with so much luggage.
Because we couldn't be sure that we would always find the previously researched water…
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- 04:529.05 mi1.9 mph625 ft3,100 ft
I continue with my review of the three-day hike in the Vercors massif: After a night under the open sky, the golden side of the sun showed itself in front of us this morning. We didn't even have to get out of the sleeping bag for this beautiful sunrise!
After the obligatory muesli breakfast (unfortunately…
- 05:057.01 mi1.4 mph3,900 ft750 ft
Our next multi-day tour took us to the Ecrins National Park. Known for its glaciers and high mountains, we stayed in the less frequented western part of the national park. Here we started on a three-day tour that promised great views.
On the first day, as always, it was first of all steeply up the mountain…
- 08:418.93 mi1.0 mph2,175 ft3,600 ft
A real highlight was waiting for us on the second day in the Ecrins National Park. After we were already quite high up and had left the tree line behind us, great views and some peaks awaited us. The route went over several mountain peaks connected by a ridge and it was really spectacular. The fog and…
- 02:153.22 mi1.4 mph150 ft2,300 ft
Continuation of day 2 in the Ecrin National Park after we had unexpectedly continued walking. ;-)
(The actual stage can be found here: komoot.de/tour/458577081)
The descent to the car followed. It got dark very quickly and we had to unpack the headlamps. We were happy when we arrived at the car and at…
- 05:5011.2 mi1.9 mph3,050 ft3,025 ft
I continue with my review of France: Because bad weather was approaching in the Ecrins National Park, we looked at the map to see where it would be nicer in the next few days and decided without further ado to go to Provence, namely to the Verdon Regional Park. But since you are not allowed to bivouack…
- 13:1914.3 mi1.1 mph7,275 ft2,350 ft
Our next destination was the Mercantour National Park, where you can officially bivouack again. We planned a two-day tour with komoot and first climbed steeply and long up the mountain.
But here the ascent was really worthwhile, because a kind of plateau with crystal clear mountain lakes awaited us…
- 05:368.19 mi1.5 mph750 ft5,650 ft
After the exhausting day before, the last day of my vacation in France was actually all downhill. (With the exception of a short but steeper ascent because the actual hiking trail was closed due to falling rocks.)
On the way we had fantastic views of another lake and the mountain ranges on the other side…
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Collection Stats
- Tours9
- Distance83.5 mi
- Duration62:57 h
- Elevation23,775 ft
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