Hiking

Curious fossils at 2300m altitude!

Adresse du bénéficiaire

La Balme le Village
05120 Les Vigneaux
France

Thierry Maillet - PNE

Ecrins National Park

Curious fossils at 2300m altitude!

1 day

Medium

Discovered several years ago, a fossil slab reveals the presence of crabs, bi-valves and other marine animals. The latter allow us to reconstruct part of the geological history of the massif at the time when it was in contact with an ocean! An outing for the curious, as well as the connoisseurs!

The Alpe de la Rouya is an alpine pasture which dominates the Vallouise valley, it offers one of the most beautiful and easily accessible viewpoints on the massif and its glaciers.

How to imagine a sea bed at 2300m of altitude at this place?

Here we can't imagine it anymore, we understand it by discovering numerous fossils such as Nummulites, Bivalves, and especially Crabs in a good state of conservation, which is exceptional.

On this itinerary Chamois Deer and marmots are never far..

A beautiful mountain day rich in discovery!

Duration: 6 hours

Difficulty : medium

Difference in altitude: 600 m

Wednesdays, meeting at 8am, return around 4pm, children from 7 years old.

Spoken languages: French

Remember to book in advance.

You are not available on Monday and Wednesday...you are in family or in group already constituted, you wish to remain between you, this program is adaptable. Do not hesitate to contact us, many itineraries are conceivable according to your desires.

Material and equipment :

> To be provided by the participants:

Clothing and equipment for hiking: hiking boots; day backpacks; picnic

> Equipment provided and/or made available: Sticks, binoculars, binoculars

Prices

Rates 2021:

-30€/ adult

-26€ child - 12 years old

À la rencontre de...

From discovery hikes to winter hikes, Christophe Lebreton takes you on a journey through the Ecrins. He proposes different types of itineraries adapted to the rhythm of each one - half days, days, night hikes, raids, etc. - with always his good mood.

I've been doing this job in the Vallouise valley for about 20 years. The evolution towards the brand Esprit parc national is quite natural for me, it is a perfect collaboration between the National Park and the guides or mountain leaders. An important objective: naturalist hikes. We are there to discover the natural environment, as well as the fauna, the flora and the geology...

To be a guide is to share but it is also to facilitate the access to an environment that we do not know well and that can seem a little mysterious... It is thus necessary to transmit a maximum of knowledge and to give autonomy so that people can wander, walk by themselves on the paths... and with the good notions.