French Alps Hiking Area
Amazing valleys, glaciers, lakes and big spaces. This is the French Alps
Features French Alps Region
Near Place to visit and Special Features
Briancon
Ecrins National Park
Lakes and Forts at the Border
Geography of French Alps
French Alps offer a more mild and grassy landscape than the Italian Alps. The mountains are more smooth here and the paths less steep… unless you really go for some big climb. There are plenty of very high routes that make it easy to access very high elevations. The most famous Tour de France Passes are here: Galibier, Lautaret, Izoard, Iseran, Alpe d’Huez… and many others. That means that we can drive in a beautiful high mountain environment and start our hike there.
The area is huge so it is not possible to make a detailed description of flora, fauna and geology. But we can tell you that French Alps area has everything you except from a typical Alps environment.
French Alps Wildlife
Ibexes are less easy to see then in the Italian Alps. It does not means they are not there… but there is far less of them. Chamois instead is a quite typical encounter and even more the marmots. Marmots live in big high medows and this is exactly what the french alps are known for.
Another special animal that we find much less in the Italian side of the Alps is the Gyps(Griffon Vulture). the biggest voulture of the Alps with almost 3 meters of wing aperture. They live in groups and if they find a carcass it is possible to spot tens of them. They are impressive with their size that makes them the biggest bird of Europe.
Accommodation in French Alps
French Alps offer a great network of alpine hut(Refuge). Bivuac are way less frequent while there are many villages up in the mountains that we will pass by. So it is definitively possible to organize stay at hotel and bed and breakfasts.
As for all Trekking Alps hikes there is full flexibility so contact us and we will organize the best hike for you in the French Alps according to your need and will.