On half-day hikes (from 3 to 4.5 hours) starting from villages or accessible sites, you will climb to the alpine pastures; summits are all around you and the glaciers are closer, marmots abound and you can see the ibex with binoculars...

Nature is a wonderful sight!

 24 hikes along marked trails (shorter hikes, portions of the GR trail) and unmarked paths (indicated on maps and itinerary guides).
 Weekly program of themed outings with the mid- and high-mountain guides: on the trail of the ibex, cultural discovery, alpine pastues and heards, approach of a glacier...

Centers of interest

 Vanoise National Park: Entre-deux-Eaux, Vanoise Pass.
 View and approach of the glaciers: Plan du Lac, Lac Blanc, Entre-deux-eaux, Evettes glacier cirque.
 Mountain lakes: Lac Blanc, Arcelle Lake, Nettes Lake - panoramas and beautiful landscapes: Bramanette glen, St Pierre d’Extravache, La Met pass...
 Natural environment: alpine pastures, flora and fauna, mineral landscape, forests...  Cultural heritage: hamlets, forts of Mont Cenis, primitive stone engravings...  Mountain huts for resting, snack or meals: Ambin, Bramanette, La Femma, Entre-deux-Eaux, Vallonbrun, Avérole, Evettes.
 Unusual discovery: Saints' Rock, Roads of history.

 Information and useful services

 Ask for the Hike Pack (hiking map + Explorer's Notebook), 5 € in the Tourism Offices.
 Hiking map (3 €) and free guide booklets are available for you in the Tourism Offices.
 Itinerary guides: "La Maurienne à pied" (The Maurienne on Foot) by the FFRP, "Massif et Parc national" (Massif of the National Park) by the Vanoise National Park (Didier Richard editor), "Circuits pédestres Maurienne – Haute Maurienne" (Pedestrian Circuits Maurienne - Haute Maurienne) by Geneviève Lecoq (Guide Franck), "Les randonnées de Vanoise - Haute Maurienne" (Hikes in Vanoise - Haute Maurienne) by Patrick Col.
 Rental of mountain boots (information to come).
 Shuttles at villages to facilitate the access to hiking departure areas.
 Ski lifts open at Val Cenis on Wednesdays and Thursdays.