Hiking highlights closest to AlpBase

We offer
• Guided or accompanied mountain walking and hiking
• Detailed local information
• Walking itineraries to suit your requirements
• Transfers and pick-ups

Simply put we are in a hiking paradise, where the majority of outdoor activists are mountain walkers. In our valley there are over 600km of marked paths, and in the Hautes Alpes a total of 6,800km. The trails fall into three categories:

a) GR – major long distance routes taking many days
b) GR de Pays - local footpaths that take 1 or 2 days
c) PR – Walking and Hiking Routes - a circuit taking a few hours Flora and Fauna

Photo:Neil McAdie

The Ecrins National Park has abundant wildlife. Look out for eagles, chamois, willow grouse, marmots, black grouse, ptarmigan, blanchons, and even stoats….in all 167 rare and valuable species. The flora is equally diverse – 1,800 varieties with 387 rare species. Away from the traditional lavender fields of Provence you might find blue thistles, lilies and purple gentians and high altitude plants such as androsace, saxifrage, silene and edelweiss.

The Queyras, only 20 minutes away from us is the Parc Regional du Queyras, a nature reserve that is quite unique in the Alps. Throughout the park’s 650 sq.km there are many mountain trails across wild, colourful countryside full of both traditional flowers of Provence as well as those from the Arctic and the Caucasus. Yet another world to explore and delight in.