Chemin historique de Villard Notre Dame – Hiking from Le Bourg-d’Oisans

Chemin historique de Villard Notre Dame – Hiking from Le Bourg-d’Oisans_Le Bourg-d’Oisans

Chemin historique de Villard Notre Dame – Hiking from Le Bourg-d’Oisans_Le Bourg-d’Oisans

This itinerary is the old mule track leading to Villard-Notre-Dame. This historic path is very gradual and winds through the cool undergrowth, passing the famous Gardette mines.

About : Chemin historique de Villard Notre Dame – Hiking from Le Bourg-d’Oisans

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Start: Bourg-d'Oisans motocross course, 730m
Difference in altitude: 720m
Round trip time: 5h50
Return distance: 7.2 km
Level: difficult with aerial sections

MAP AND TOPO
IGN map 3336ET
Topo guide l'Oisans au bout des pieds n°1 sentier 623

Itinerary: Start from the motocross course at Bourg-d'Oisans, follow the signs for Villard-Notre Dame, a path with many switchbacks. Vertiginous passage just before the Gardette mines secured by a cable, then forest climb to the Combe de la Balme, then finish with the arrival at Villard Notre Dame.

TO SEE ON THE ROUTE
The Gardette mines

En bref

2 h 50

J+ : 720 m

7.2 km

Level bue - Medium

Map and GPX marking

Chemin historique de Villard Notre Dame – Hiking from Le Bourg-d’Oisans

Getting There

Services

  • Pets welcome

Services

Activities

  • Duration of the session: 170 minutes

Tours

  • Average duration of the individual tour: 170 minutes

Opening

From 01/05 to 31/10.

Subject to favorable snow and weather conditions.

Prices

Free access.

Location supplement

When you pass the Motocross course on the Route de St Claude (towards the hamlet of Le Vert), after a few dozen metres you'll find a bench on your right, and the path starts right there.