217 km · ↑ 13 500 m · 7 days · July 2023 · FR
The toughest of our Alpine treks, through Écrins National Park.
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or Tour de l’Oisans et Écrins This is a 195 km long-distance route through the Dauphiné Alps, around the Écrins massif. It has about 12,800 m of elevation gain. We plan the trip for 8 days. Our backpacks weigh 5.6 kg and 6.1 kg at base weight (no food, no water), which is a good…
12.7.2023 Wednesday We already arrived in Kraków yesterday, we used a ferry too. We left our car at our friends’ place in the garden, and in the evening we went with them to a Czech restaurant for a beer. Jozef paid by card and by mistake tapped payment in EUR instead of PLN. This one-centimeter…
13.7.2023 Thursday Le Bourg d’Oisans – Lac Noir → 33,95 km ↑ 2792 m ↓ 1083 m Alarm’s at 5:30. I look out of the tent and see low clouds overhead, so we don’t feel like getting out. Jozef makes coffee and breakfast — chocolate oat porridge for me, and a homemade savory rice porridge…
14.7.2023 Friday Lac Noir – Le Monêtier-les-Bains → 44,37 km ↑ 1507 m ↓ 2329 m We went out to photograph the stars last night. I haven’t seen stars that bright in a long time. There was strong storm far off in the distance. Alarm was set for 5:30, but we don’t get up until…
15.7.2023 Saturday Le Monêtier-les-Bains – Cabane du Jas Lacroix → 32,98 km ↑ 1633 m ↓ 1410 m I wrote the blog until half past 11pm last night, so I don’t get up until seven today. Jozef’s already made coffee and waits for me with breakfast, baguette with cheese. Just as the sun starts peeking…
16.7.2023 Sunday Cabane du Jas Lacroix – Camp Les Bouleaux → 37,8 km ↑ 2289 m ↓ 2956 m Alarm’s at 5:30am, but we really don’t feel like getting up, so we just lie there. At 6am we start packing, eating breakfast and drinking coffee. We set off at 6:42am. We’re getting better at this….
17.7.2023 Monday Camp Les Bouleaux – Valjouffrey → 27,65 km ↓ 2100 m ↑ 1998 m Alarm’s later today, at 6:30am. I texted last night that we’d leave at 7am. I was really tired yesterday. We pack up fairly fast and have breakfast, some protein rice porridge for me and Asian instant noodles for Jozef….
18.7.2023 Tuesday Valjouffrey – Col du Vallon → 22,8 km ↑ 2688 m ↓ 1640 m Today we want to at least try to avoid the heat, so we get up at 6am. It takes us quite a while. Breakfast is mushroom soup and, of course, coffee. We start walking at 7:25am. First is Col…
19.7.2023 Wednesday Col du Vallon – Le Bourg-d’Oisans → 17,75 km ↑ 491 m ↓ 2184 m The night was pretty windy, and it drizzled a bit here and there. I thought I heard thunder too, but maybe I was just dreaming. This was actually the first rain we had on the whole trip. So…
29.7.2023 Saturday Col du Galibier – Le Bourg d’Oisans → 13,39 km ↑ 219m ↓ 875 m We get up around 7am, no rush today. No more mountains waiting for us. We just want to link this section back up with GR 54, so it’s all nicely closed off. Breakfast is mushroom soup and coffee….