Thanks for watching! If you're looking for something specific, see the chapters below! Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:05 Bozel, France 00:54 Col de la Vanoise Trailhead (Savoie, France) 02:10 Refuge des Barmettes 6:44 Refuge du Col de la Vanoise
This hike shows how France is conflicted and cannot push back the ski resorts. It's one of the most beautiful hikes in Vanoise, but it follows an insanely ugly chairlift at the beginning. A common sight in Switzerland or Italy, but usually France avoids this, like in Ecrins, Mercantour, Vercors etc... In Vanoise, there's too many ski resorts right next to the park. In fact, the park had to be built around the ski resorts, the government couldn't afford to tell the resorts that they were gonna take back land from them. This hike is insanely beautiful in october/november, with the first snows. When the trail is free of snow until about Lac des Vaches, and then full of snow from there, it's heaven. The hike also show how cow grazing prevents trees from growing. Sure it makes for nice flower meadows, but that area feels a bit barren. If it were an American national park for example, you would have trees right up until Col de La Vanoise. PS : flying a drone is strictly illegal here.
If I may I'll correct a slight mistake. The Parc de la Vanoise is near the border with Italy. Switzerland is further north, towards Chamonix (where France, Switzerland and Italy meet).
