Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 56.46 mi
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Average duration: 7 days
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Difficulty: Difficult
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Back to start: No
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Ascent: + 20,256 ft
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Descent: - 20,741 ft
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Highest point: 9,843 ft
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Lowest point: 5,069 ft
Stages of the route
This route needs several days, find the details below:
This route passes through a protected area, which may be subject to special regulations:
Other walks in the area
The circular of the Praroussin
A lovely viewpoint over Mount Viso, the Italian peaks and the Queyras, with the return journey made all the more enjoyable by an easy descent along a very beautiful ridge.As navigation is not straightforward, I recommend supplementing the route description with the Visorando app.
Trek around Monte Viso in 5 days, stage 1
This first stage is a warm-up for the rest. It's a medium mountain trek starting through larch trees before reaching alpine pastures surrounding the pass. A beautiful view over Pellice valley during the hike down.
Trek around Monte Viso in 5 days
Trek around Monte Viso in 5 stages.
A beautiful high mountain hike.
Hike over a 5 day period.
An exquisite high mountain trek.
Trak around Monte Viso day 1: L'Echalp - Refuge Granero
First stage starting at Queyras National Park (Parc National du Queyras) passing through Col Lacroix, then a beautiful Italian valley and ending up at a shelter near a lake where the real trek around Monte Viso will start the next day.
Lakes Égorgéou and Baricle from Échalp
Deep in the Queyras, at the end of the road that climbs up the Guil, you can easily walk up to these beautiful lakes, set in this glacial valley, with Égorgéou flanked by its little brother Baricle.
Col Lacroix loop starting from Échalp
This easily accessible border pass also offers a very pleasant loop through the mountain pastures and forests overlooking the right bank of the Guil.
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