Bring at least two litres of water per person for the first stage. You can refill your water bottles the next day from the streams (water purification tablets are useful).
Bivouac above Moussière
Sometimes it is worth splitting the daily walks in two to enjoy an evening in the bivouac. This is the route we have chosen this year, which allows you to marvel at the 360° landscape from the bivouac in the evening and morning.
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 10.96 km -
Average duration: 2 days -
Difficulty: Moderate -
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Back to start: Yes -
Ascent: + 500 m -
Descent: - 500 m -
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Highest point: 2,343 m -
Lowest point: 1,864 m
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Country:
France
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District:
Saint-Crépin (05600) -
Start/End: N 44.723209° / E 6.628153° -
Hour-by-hour weather
Stages of the route
This route needs several days, find the details below:
Notes
Worth a visit
At the bivouac at the end of the first stage, you will enjoy an exceptional panorama of the Massif des Écrins, the resorts of Risoul and Vars, the Pic du Morgon and the end of the Lac de Serre Ponçon.
Other walks in the area
Moussière - Alpage de la Selle
Visorando member 3.04 km
+391 m
-18 m
2h 00
Moderate
Departure from Saint-Crépin (Hautes-Alpes)
Access from the alpine hamlet of Moussière to the bivouac area located between the Selle and Crousas mountain pastures. This mountain pasture overlooks the Cabane Sainte-Marie, where the sheep are kept at night.
Alpage de la Selle - Moussière
Visorando member 7.91 km
+109 m
-482 m
2h 35
Moderate
Departure from Saint-Crépin (Hautes-Alpes)
This pleasant second day begins with a climb to the Col de Moussière before passing by the very pleasant Lac du Lauzet, then taking the long forest track back to the Moussière car park.
The hamlets of Saint-Crépin
Visorando member 
11.66 km
+359 m
-349 m
4h 20
Moderate
Departure from Saint-Crépin (Hautes-Alpes)
This route allows you to discover the hamlets located between Saint-Crépin and Eygliers, which enjoy an ideal location above the Durance valley.
Les Guions - Champaussel via the Thurifères
Visorando member 
6.71 km
+515 m
-517 m
3h 25
Moderate
Departure from Saint-Crépin (Hautes-Alpes)
Visit two alpine hamlets above Saint Crépin, passing through the famous forest of juniper trees.
Lacs Escur and Lac de l'Ascension loop from Lauzet
Visorando member 
13.04 km
+809 m
-807 m
6h 00
Difficult
Departure from La Roche-de-Rame (Hautes-Alpes)
Loop to the Ascension lakes starting from Lauzet. The hike passes through the small pass of Peyron, which offers a magnificent view of the two valleys, the three lakes and the entire cirque. The return trip along the forest path is a bit monotonous, but this is more than compensated for by the beauty of the landscapes you encounter.
The Lac de l'Ascension circuit
Visorando member 
12.58 km
+822 m
-823 m
5h 55
Difficult
Departure from La Roche-de-Rame (Hautes-Alpes)
This circuit can be started from many different places. The one described here starts from the hamlet of Lauzet above La Roche-de-Rame. Please note that the 10km access track is in very poor condition and not recommended for low-clearance vehicles.
The Rortie ridges
Association / Club / Walk leader 
10.35 km
+864 m
-865 m
5h 25
Moderate
Departure from Freissinières (Hautes-Alpes)
Hike along the ridges starting from the Freissinières valley.
Cemetery and Cave of the Waldensians
Visorando member 
9.15 km
+461 m
-456 m
3h 55
Moderate
Departure from Freissinières (Hautes-Alpes)
Based on the route already suggested on Visorando, the Cimetière des Vaudois, I suggest a route that allows you to discover, after the cemetery, the Grotte des Fazys, where some of these Waldensians were smoked out during the 14th and 15th centuries. This is followed by a detour through some of the charming neighbourhoods that make up the village of Freissinières, an educational route (arboretum) and finally a return via the Bois de Monsieur, along the Torrent de la Biaysse.
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