This guide offers readers all the inspiration they need for a multi-activity holiday in the Haute Maurienne, in the French Alps. With many suggestions for day walks, mountaineering routes, via ferratas, rock climbs, mountain biking, road cycling and long-distance treks, there's something here for everyone in your party.

The Haute Maurienne valley is perfect for a whole range of alpine adventures and activities. The routes in this guide range from short walks and cycle rides for the whole family to long mountaineering routes to the highest summits. Whether you and your holiday companions are adrenalin junkies or Alpine ramblers, or a mixture of both, there’s plenty to keep everyone happy, day after day. Routes are clearly described and illustrated with maps, topos and profiles, as well as inspiring photos of mountain-lovers in action among the Alpine scenery. Activities included are:

• day walks
• treks
• mountaineering
• rock climbing
• via ferratas
• mountain biking
• road cycling

1 Day Walks

Route 1 Lac de l’Arcelle 
Route 2 La Pierre aux Pieds 
Route 3 Lac Blanc and Plan des Eaux 
Route 4 Vallon de la Rocheure 
Route 5 Pointe de Lanserlia 
Route 6 Hannibal’s Crossing (Col Clapier) 
Route 7 Mont Froid 
Route 8 Pointe de Bellecombe 
Route 9 High Valley Walk 
Route 10 Pointe de l’Observatoire

2 Mountaineering Routes

Route 11 Pointe Droset 
Route 12 Crête de la Turra and Pointe du Grand Vallon 
Route 13 Pointe des Fours 
Route 14 3000ers Circuit 
Route 15 Lessières Traverse 
Route 16 Le Petit Vallon 
Route 17 Roche d’Etache 
Route 18 Traverse of Pointe de Cugne 
Route 19 North Ridge of Cime du Laro 
Route 20 Signal du Petit Mont Cenis 
Route 21 Arête de Léché 
Route 22 La Dent Parrachée

3 Via Ferratas

Route 23 Le Pichet, Lanslevillard 
Route 24 The Pinnacles, Aussois 
Route 25 Guy Favre, Balme Noir

The Victor Emmanuel Fort Complex

Route 26 Traversée des Anges 
Route 27 Montée au Ciel 
Route 28 Les Rois Mages 
Route 29 Descente aux Enfers 
Route 30 Remontée du Purgatoire

Via Ferrata/Rock Climbing

Route 31 Via Cordatta, Col de la Madeleine

4 Rock Climbing

Route 32 Rocher des Amoureux 
Route 33 Sollières 
Route 34 Rocher de Termignon 
Route 35 Blocs de la Madeleine 
Route 36 Dalles du Mollard 
Route 37 Drailles Blanches

5 Mountain Biking

Bike hire and bike shops 
The routes

Route 38 Termignon and Sollières Circuit 
Route 39 La Girarde 
Route 40 Champions’ Loop 
Route 41 Chemin du Petit Bonheur 
Route 42 The Sardières Monolith 
Route 43 Mont Cenis Circuit

6 Road Rides

Route 44 Col du Mont Cenis 
Route 45 Aussois Loop 
Route 46 Col de l’Iseran 
Route 47 Col du Galibier

7 Walking Tours

Route 48 Tour of the Vanoise Glaciers 
Route 49 Tour of Méan Martin 
Route 50 Tour of Pointe de l’Echelle