A climb to a charming mountain refuge on a footpath that leads to sites that are important in the history of mountaineering.
On the 8th August 1848, Pierre-Antoine Barnéoud took Victor Puiseux with him. After a night spent in "the fallen rock that served as a hut to the shepherd from Provence", alone, he climbed to the top of the Durand and then achieved the first ascension of the true peak of the Pelvoux.
Hard
- TipsThe route is sometimes steep. No camping after Ailefroide, bivouac permitted at least an hour's walk away from the park boundaries. No fires.
Is in the midst of the park : The national park is an unrestricted natural area but subjected to regulations which must be known by all visitors.
Accepted customers
- Level red – hard