France 2017

Vercors Natural Park

  • 2017_05 - 7 days

  • We stayed in this diverse wilderness world for 7 full days. Carrying everything in our backpacks, except drinking water. Water is sparse, there are a some springs but they do not always flow. It is surprising to find a remote area like this in France because it is a busy and full country. But the high plain is not very easy to reach, and staying up there for multiple days requires an efford, especially if you camp. So it feels pretty remote. There is a lot of wildlife up there, vultures, marmots, capricorn and even 2 packs of wolves. We lost track of the planning after 2 days and just wandered criss cross through the area from spring to spring, camping in the wild. No phone, no internet, no towns, no traffic and no money. Just nature and us.


Hauts Plateaux de Vercors

The official website of the parc

Image Gallery

Hiking the Vercors (movie)

Wild Camp (360 panorama)

the dining facilities

the sleeping facilities

the city skyline

the shower facilities

the luggage transport

the neigbors

ice cream and air conditioning

the campground

Vercors 2010

This is the link to the previous hike in the same area.

ViewRanger Routes

I had these ViewRanger maps, routes and waypoints stored on my phone. But I preferred to keep my phone off and fully charged for emergencies, so navigation was mostly done the old fashioned way with topographic maps and compass. I also had my regular GPS with me, but I forgot to change its batteries and forgot to bring spares. So I only used it to find the springs at the end of the day.