If you like grandiose panoramas, you're on the right track!
If you like grandiose panoramas, you're on the right track! At the summit, the mountain atmosphere is striking, with the limestone walls of the dents de la Portetta on one side, often likened to small Dolomites for their verticality. On the other, the Grande Casse and the Vanoise glaciers, the largest ice cap in the Alps. The flora is well represented, particularly on the upper part with an ericaceous heath, made up of rhododendrons. ericaceous heathland, with rhododendrons blueberries and lingonberries, home to a population of Tétras- Lyre and Bartavelles Lyre and Bartavelles (Alpine partridge).
Trail info: Closed for several years due to a major rock fall, the itinerary was reviewed and modified in 2021 and can now be completed as a loop. From Pralognan-la-Vanoise, a staircase of over 180 steps leads to the Col de Napremont. This trail (trail no. 71b) is not recommended for the descent.