The 3-day tour around Mont Bégo offers an immersion in history, with incredible views and a visit to the Merveilles and Fontanalba valleys, rich in petroglyphs, symbolic drawings engraved on the surface of rocks.
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Stage 1: Casterino - Refuge de Valmasque
Ascent: + 540 m / - 30 m
Distance: 6 km
Duration: 4 hours
From the "Potamou" parking lot (beacon 394), the entrance to the Mercantour National Park, follow the military trail along the right bank of the Valmasque valley towards beacon 393.
Continue along the same bank to Vastière des Dragons (b.374).
Climb the path (b.98) to reach marker 98a.
Continue northwards to reach the CAF Valmasque refuge on the shores of Lac Vert.
Stage 2:...
Ascent: + 540 m / - 30 m
Distance: 6 km
Duration: 4 hours
From the "Potamou" parking lot (beacon 394), the entrance to the Mercantour National Park, follow the military trail along the right bank of the Valmasque valley towards beacon 393.
Continue along the same bank to Vastière des Dragons (b.374).
Climb the path (b.98) to reach marker 98a.
Continue northwards to reach the CAF Valmasque refuge on the shores of Lac Vert.
Stage 2:...
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Regular guided tours are highly recommended but not mandatory.
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Subject to favorable weather
Subject to snow conditions