Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise conditions today
Pralognan · Col de la Vanoise · Refuge de la Valette · Savoie
- No significant new snow on the high route
- Settled on Refuge du Col de la Vanoise (-4°C, gusts 19 km/h)
Best day to go
Best: Tue 13 Oct (99) — No significant new snow on the high route
What's limiting the score
Huts, cols & altitudes
A hut-to-hut loop from Pralognan-la-Vanoise around the glaciers of the Vanoise National Park: up to the Refuge du Col de la Vanoise under the Grande Casse, round to the Refuge de l'Arpont and the Plan d'Amont balcony, down to the Refuge de l'Orgère, up to Péclet-Polset and across to the Refuge de la Valette (the loop's highest night) before returning to Pralognan. Weather risk is snow and ice on the high sections early in summer, afternoon storms, and cold nights at 2,500 m.
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Bookings, access & safety
Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise questions
- Is the Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise open right now?
- No closure is currently reported in the news and official sources we monitor. The live score is 97/100 (Excellent).
- When is the best time to walk the Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise?
- Best season: early July – mid-September. Check hut opening dates, and expect afternoon thunderstorms in summer and snow on the high cols outside it.
- How high does the Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise go?
- The highest point we track is Refuge du Col de la Vanoise (2,590 m). No overnight stop is above 3,000 m; the challenge is the daily climbing and weather on the cols.
- Do I need a permit or bookings for the Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise?
- Refuge bookings — Book the park refuges ahead; confirm opening dates.; Vanoise National Park rules — No dogs in the park core; bivouac only under the park rules — confirm with the Parc national de la Vanoise. Rules change — confirm with the refuges and park authorities.
- Where does the avalanche level come from?
- From the official Météo-France avalanche bulletin (BRA) for the massif — or the Swiss SLF bulletin on Swiss stages — whenever one is in force (early November to early June). Otherwise the level shown is a model estimate and is labelled as such.
- How is the Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise score calculated?
- Hourly forecasts for every waypoint, corrected to its real altitude (MET Norway Locationforecast), feed six factors: weather on the cols (wind, cold, cloud, thunderstorms), snow and avalanche danger, rain against published European landslide thresholds, trail weather, views and access. Météo-France orange/red warnings, flood vigilance and credible closure reports cap the score.
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Not an official forecast. Always follow Météo-France warnings and avalanche bulletins, préfecture and park notices and refuge guardians. Emergency: 112.
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