Starting point: Méribel Mottaret on 3rd of september 2020
Ending point: Menton on 29th of september 2020
27 days of journey, including 2 rest days because of rain.
Inspired by the GR5, I’v created my own itinerary thanks to maps, advice, internet and had the company of Mathilde.
Our journey through the AlpsLac Blanc in the Parc de la Vanoise, Day 11st bivouac and sunrise on the EcrinsGoing up towards the Col de Buffère, Day 4Climbing the Col des Grangettes in the Ecrins, Day 5Eychauda Lake, Day 5Off path hiking to join the Lac de l’Ascension, Day 7Bivouac 7 at the Lac de l’AscensionCol du Petit Malrif in the Queyras, Day 10Bivouac 11 on Col de ChamoussièreLac St Anne, Day 13Col Girardin, Day 13Col de Gypière, Aiguille de Chambeyron, Day 14Lacs de Vens, Day 172 rest nights and waiting for better weather in Roure, Day 19 – 21Bivouac 24 next to the Refuge de Nice, around -5°CVallée des Merveilles in the Mercantour, Day 25Under the snow for our night before the last bivouac, 25Sunrise on the Roc de l’Orméa, Col du Berceau, 2h away from Menton, Day 27Menton on the Mediterranean Sea is the end of our hike, Day 27
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