France Bleu Azur tests summer hikes in the Alpes Maritimes: Circuit de Tortisse

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Direction the Circuit de Tortisse

Despite the fairly high altitude, this hike is carried out in complete safety thanks to the legacy of an excellent network of pedestrian routes traced by the Waters and Forests in the 1930s.

The paths were then used to serve the mountain pastures and to restore the slopes eroded by overgrazing and secular deforestation.

The discovery of the row of Vens lakes from the Tortisse collar, as well as the panorama of the Italian Val Stura with Mount Viso in the background (3,841 m), but also the large fauna, trout fishing, generous flora of the alpine level, the persistent snowfields of the high peaks, will embellish a course taking place entirely in the heart zone of the Mercantour National Park starting from the pastoral hamlet of Le Pra.

Daniel’s pictures

The Great Lake of Vens
– Daniel Blanc – Alpes Maritimes Department
Pra hamlet
Pra hamlet
– Daniel Blanc – Alpes Maritimes Department
In the direction of the Tortisse huts
In the direction of the Tortisse huts
– Daniel Blanc – Alpes Maritimes Department
The ONF cabin, Aiguille de Tortisse
The ONF cabin, Aiguille de Tortisse
– Daniel Blanc – Alpes Maritimes Department
tortoise
tortoise
– Daniel Blanc – Alpes Maritimes Department
tortoise
tortoise
– Daniel Blanc – Alpes Maritimes Department
The climb to the Col du Fer from the Tortisse huts
The climb to the Col du Fer from the Tortisse huts
– Daniel Blanc – Alpes Maritimes Department
Vens Refuge
Vens Refuge
– Daniel Blanc – Alpes Maritimes Department
Folding, needles and huts of Tortisse
Folding, needles and huts of Tortisse
– Daniel Blanc – Alpes Maritimes Department

Listen to the hiking podcast

The France Bleu Azur podcast to prepare your hike to the Circuit de Tortisse, with advice from the Department of Alpes-Maritimes

Practical information for this hike is on the site Randoxygene and you can download the free Randoxygen guides HERE


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