Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise – 7-day hike

In the heart of the Vanoise National Park, the Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise is one of the most beautiful and emblematic itinerant hikes in the Alps.

The Tour des glaciers de la Vanoise is one of the most beautiful and
iconic hikes in the Alps.

This tour of the Vanoise ice cap will take you through an extraordinary diversity of landscapes, from alpine pastures to eternal snow.
and eternal snow.

No doubt you’ll come across ibex and chamois, or for the more observant, admire the flight of the bearded vulture or golden eagle.

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step :

DEPARTURE: Parking des Fontanettes

1/ DAY 1: Pralognan-la-Vanoise (1400 m) – Col de la Vanoise refuge (2517m) / Duration: 3 h / Difference in altitude: + 1100 m / – 0 m

2/ DAY 2: Col de la Vanoise refuge (2517 m) – Arpont refuge (2309 m)
Duration: 7 h / Ascent: + 250 m / – 455 m

3/ DAY 3: Refuge de l’Arpont (2309 m) – Refuges d’Aussois (Plan d’Amont sector) / Duration: 7 h / Difference in altitude: + 505 m / – 615 m

4/ DAY 4: Refuges Aussois Plan d’Amont (2206 m) – Refuge-porte de l’Orgère (1985 m) / Duration: 7 h / Difference in altitude: + 265 m / – 530 m

5/ DAY 5: Refuge-porte de l’Orgère or de l’Aiguille Doran (1900 m) – Refuge de Péclet-Polset (2471 m) / Duration: 5 h / Ascent: + 860 m / – 325 m

6/ DAY 6: Refuge de Péclet-Polset (2474 m) – Refuge de la Valette / Duration: 6 h / Ascent: + 875 m / – 760 m

7/ DAY 7: Refuge de la Valette (2590 m) – Pralognan la Vanoise / Duration: 5 h / Difference in altitude: + 285 m / – 1450 m