Queyras

Yes, we did go hiking in the Queyras in the summer of 2012. Getting to the trailhead was an adventure in itself. We spent the night with our friends in St. Marcel and were up at the break of dawn. Because of the size of our group and that we'd all go our separate ways at the end of the hike, we took two cars. We caravanned up over the and Col du Galiblier, famous for the Tour de France that always passes up and over this grueling, twisting steep pass and then up the even twistier road of the Col d'Iseran and finally ended up in the deep green valleys of the Queyras.

The trail head begins and ends in France, but most of our hiking was in Italy. We literally hiked up one side of the French Alps, down into a deep valley in Italy, round Mt Viso, back up to the pass on the Italian French border and dropped down back into France.

For photos and more trail details see the Tour du Mont Viso - Queyras page.

Next up, Corsica.