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Vanoise National Park - Hiking Advice Required
 Poster: A snowHead
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I appreciate that this is a snowsports forum but am wondering if there are any snowHeads out there who can advise on the best place to find information on hiking in the Vanoise National Park.

For instance, are there any websites/message boards like Snowheads - but for hikers?

We will be in Val Thorens for a couple of weeks holiday later this month and would like to do a 3 or 4 day (manned/wardened)hut to hut hiking trip, in addition to mountain biking, which is the main reason for our trip.

Can anyone advise us of a good route or point us in the right direction please?

Thanks in advance.
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You might get some info out of Kev Reynolds' Tour of the Vanoise published by Cicerone:
http://www.cicerone.co.uk/product/detail.cfm/book/590/title/tour-of-the-vanoise
This guide covers an 11-day walking tour of most of the Vanoise but at the back there are a couple of 4-day circuits that cover the Tour des Glaciers and a 5-day traverse of the Vanoise.

However, you should be able to work something out by buying the relevant IGN maps (3534OT should do most of it) and looking for the pinky brown footpaths marked GRxx.

We've done a couple of tours there on skis but - so far - nothing on foot. These involved a fair bit of car shuffling / taxi rides so they are probably not relevant to you.
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i have done some day trips from mottaret and have a little info on my site.. also a friend runs trekking tours in the vanoise www.piste2peak.co.uk
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altis,

Thanks very much. That's a great start.

The above links are very helpful.
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Bergmeister, French website here
http://www.savoie-tarentaise.com/parc-national-de-la-vanoise.html
Google translate may help with some of it Toofy Grin
and
http://www.savoie-tarentaise.com/decouvrez-la-tarentaise-vanoise/parc-national-de-la-vanoise.html
and
http://www.cieguidevanoise.com/anglais/accueil2.html
and a useful links page for the wider area
http://www.fondation-facim.fr/anglais/LIENSUTILES/page/Useful-links.html
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Bergmeister, Another very useful site is the official Vanoise National park website http://www.parcnational-vanoise.fr/

It has a map with details of suggested routes and accommodation (huts / refuges) http://www.parcnational-vanoise.fr/fr/randonnees-vanoise/itineraires-et-hebergements.html

I'm pretty sure you will need to pre-book the mountain refuges in the peak summer periods, it is very busy in July and August.
You could try contacting the tourist office at Champagny, they have English speaking staff who have a good knowledge of the area www.champagny.com.
You could also try the tourist office in Pralognan, I have never contacted them but would imagine they have lots more information about the Park www.pralognan.com
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