Les Claux circuit (no. 4)

Vallouise-Pelvoux
Les Claux circuit (no. 4)
1h30
5,1km
+167m
-167m
Loop
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This easy route leads to the river Gyr, fed by glaciers, running alongside the snow front of the ski resort. You will climb up the right-hand bank of this water course to the gorges of the Gyr. Provided with a via ferrata, this rocky outcrop also looks over the museum of the Les Claux hydroelectric power station.
Description
The trail starts at the car park at the Pelvoux-Vallouise resort, heading left towards the snow front
- Follow the narrow road due south; it runs through the bottom of the ski station to the holiday resort
- Where the road turns into a forest track, carry on along this track which leads downhill to the river
- At the bridge, stay on the right-hand bank and follow the river along the track leading due north
- When you get back to the narrow road, continue straight on until you reach the starting point and then carry on, continuing to follow the right-hand bank of the Gyr
- Before the bridge, turn left and then right and join the path with leads to the road and the gorges of the Gyr
- After the tunnel, turn back on yourself and follow the same route back to your starting point
- Departure : Pelvoux-Vallouise resort
- Arrival : Pelvoux-Vallouise resort
- Towns crossed : Vallouise-Pelvoux
Forecast
Altimetric profile
Recommandations
Rescue services contact details: Secours Montagne(Mountain Rescue): +33 (0)4 92 22 22 22 or 112
Take your litter home
Do not take shortcuts across pasturelandTransport
Public transport >> www.pacamobilite.fr
Consider car-sharing >> www.blablacar.fr
For more information, ask at the Tourist Information Office nearest to the trail starting point >> www.paysdesecrins.com
Access and parking
12.5 km from L'Argentière-la-Bessée, take the D994E.
Parking :
Pelvoux-Vallouise resort car park, Pelvoux
Source

Pays des Ecrinshttps://www.paysdesecrins.com
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