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Conditions on the route, over the cols & ahead

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Alerts

Hazards & advisories

Observed

Measured on the ground

Crossing window

High point, hour by hour

Temperature is lapse-rate corrected to the true altitude. "Feels" is wind chill using the free-air wind at that height, not the sheltered-valley 10 m wind. ⚡ marks thunderstorm hours.

Snow

Snow & avalanche

Rain

Rain, rockfall & landslide risk

Access

Getting there

7-day outlook

Best days to walk

Each day is scored on its own windows: cols/high point 07:00–14:00, trail 07:00–18:00, views 06:00–10:00. Official warnings cap the hours they cover; reported closures cap the next 3 days; later days show the weather outlook.

Confidence

Do the models agree?

Plan your dates

Conditions for your dates

Uses the typical itinerary (10–12 days). Stages beyond the 7-day forecast show as "not yet forecast" — check back as your date approaches.

Profile

Route & freezing level

Map

Where the risk is

Altitude

Overnight altitudes

Official

Warnings & avalanche bulletins

Reports

Latest news & closures

Monitored

Social & official channels

X, Facebook and Instagram offer no public feed we can read reliably, so these are linked rather than scraped. Treat group posts as unverified until confirmed by Météo-France, the préfecture, the park or the news sources above.

About

GR54 — Tour de l'Oisans et des Écrins

A 190 km loop around the Écrins massif from Le Bourg-d'Oisans: Col de Sarenne, the Emparis plateau (Col du Souchet), Villar-d'Arêne, Col d'Arsine, Le Monêtier, Col de l'Eychauda, Vallouise, the Col de l'Aup Martin (the loop's high point), Pré de la Chaumette, Col de Vallonpierre, the Valgaudemar (Refuge du Clot, Refuge des Souffles), Col de la Vaurze, Le Désert-en-Valjouffrey, Col de Côte Belle and Col de la Muzelle back to Venosc. Weather risk is snow and ice in the north-facing couloirs early in the season, rockfall on schist and scree, and afternoon storms.

Duration
10–12 d
Highest point
2,761 m
Grade
Very demanding: steep scree cols, late snow
Best seasons
late June – late September
Season now
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Emergency

Help on the trail

Emergency — 112
European emergency number, free from any phone. In the French mountains the call is passed to the mountain rescue services (PGHM gendarmerie or CRS Montagne).
SAMU (medical) — 15
French medical emergency number; 112 also works and is routed to the same services.
Insurance
Mountain rescue in France is carried out by public services; check that your travel insurance covers mountain activities and repatriation — and, on the TMB, rescue in Switzerland and Italy, where it can be billed.
Paperwork

Bookings & rules

Refuge bookings
Book refuges and gîtes in advance in July–August; most refuges open mid-June to mid-September — confirm dates with each refuge.
Écrins National Park rules
No dogs in the park core; bivouac only under the park rules — confirm current rules with the Parc national des Écrins.

No permit is needed to walk these routes. Rules for bivouac, dogs and fires differ between parks and change — confirm with the park or refuge before you go.

Method

How the score works

A route is not a point. We pull an hourly forecast for every waypoint (21 on this route), corrected to its real altitude — MET Norway's Locationforecast (ECMWF-based) — plus the past days of rain kept from earlier forecasts and corrected with Météo-France rain gauges. Gusts at the high point, storm energy and the 0 °C level come from Open-Meteo when available; otherwise gusts are estimated from wind speed.

High point — wind at col height (free-air wind at that altitude), wind chill, snowfall, cloud and thunderstorms during the 07:00–14:00 crossing window. Gust bands follow the Beaufort scale (gale force, 62 km/h, impedes walking).

Snow & avalanche — fresh-snow load, new snow depth and time since snowfall give a path status. Where Météo-France (BRA, November–June) or the Swiss SLF publishes an avalanche bulletin, the official danger level is used; otherwise the level shown is a model estimate and is labelled as such.

Rain & slopes — rolling 3–96 h rainfall at each steep section against the European landslide rainfall thresholds of Guzzetti et al. (2007), corrected with Météo-France rain gauges and boosted by rain/flood warnings; the hazard fades once rain stops.

Official warnings — Météo-France Vigilance (and Meteoalarm for the Italian and Swiss stages): orange and red cap the score for the hours they cover; Vigicrues flood vigilance on nearby rivers too.

Reports — French regional press and Google News are classified by relevance, severity and source trust. A credible closure caps the score; a later reopening clears it. Community posts never move the score.

Not an official forecast. Always follow Météo-France warnings and avalanche bulletins, préfecture and park notices, refuge guardians and mountain rescue advice. In an emergency call 112.