3 Cols Trek (Pralognan-la-Vanoise, Savoie, France)

Hi everyone, welcome back.

So last week I posted on the Vanoise National Park and I thought you might be interested by a few specific hikes in the area. So here's one I did last year that's truly amazing.

This trek is the 3 Cols trek starting from Pralognan-la-Vanoise (Savoie, France), an amazing 3 day hike of about 34 km with 2000m elevation gain and goes all the way up to 2800m. It passes right in the middle of the National Park, through mountain passes (the name translates to 3 Mountain Passes).

You quickly find yourself wandering calmly in between majestic +3000 peaks among high altitude prairies full of grass, lots of lakes and a trail that gets very close to the glaciers, we even got to see a few ibexes (I put in a few photos of them) and groundhogs that are just every here. I found this hike on Pralognan-la-Vanoise's website which is why I started from there and that's what I would recommend.

This is a hut to hut hike, if you need I can give you the link to the GPX and to the shelters. And i'll go over the rules for overnight hiking in the Vanoise (since there are some special circumstances)

Here are the steps for each day:

Day 1 : Pont de la Pêche to refuge de Péclet-Polset (~3h)

Day 2 : Refuge de Péclet Polset to Refuge du Saut (~4h30)

Day 3 : Refuge du Saut to Pont de la Pêche (~6h)

But please, if you do go there, please follow Park regulation, you can't do any wild camping in the park. Huts need a reservation and payement, you can sleep in tent outside the hut and it's less expensive (a couple euros) but still needs a reservation. However some shelters like Peclet-Polset don't accept tents so look out for that

You can also find the Hike's description on the Pralognan-la-Vanoise Tourism Office's website.

I have a few other ones coming up that you might like , so keep a lookout.

Have a very nice day everyone, I wish you all the best and see you in a bit. Godspeed