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!

L'Alpe de la Rouya is a mountain pasture overlooking the Vallouise valley, offering one of the most beautiful and easily accessible views of the massif and its glaciers.

How can you imagine a seabed at 2300m altitude?

You can't imagine it here, as you discover numerous fossils such as Nummulites, Bivalves, and above all crabs in an exceptional state of preservation.

Chamois, deer and marmots are never far away..

A beautiful mountain day rich in discovery!

Duration: 6 hours

Difficulty: medium

Difference in altitude: 600 m

Wednesdays, meet 8am, return around 4pm, children aged 7 and over.

Languages spoken: French

Please book in advance.

If you're not available on Mondays and Wednesdays...if you're with a family or a group that's already been formed, if you'd like to keep to yourselves, this program is adaptable. Please don't hesitate to contact us, as many itineraries are possible depending on your wishes.

Material and equipment :

> To be provided by participants :

Hiking clothes
Hiking boots
Day backpack
Picnic lunch

> Equipment supplied and/or available: Sticks, spotting scopes, binoculars

Prices

Prices 2021:

-30€/ adult

-26€ child - 12 years

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.