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The upper reaches of the Vallée de la Romanche (Route 17)

Le Villard above Vallouise, in the Vallée d'Entraigues (Routes 30–31)

Vallée de la Vallouise

There are two main centres here: the little market town of Vallouise, and Ailefroide, which is one of the two major climbing centres of the Écrins region (the other being La Bérarde). Though both lie at a junction of valleys, Vallouise is open and sunny, while Ailefroide is confined between huge rock walls, and with forest crowding its outskirts. At the head of the Vallée de la Vallouise there's a broad open plain known as the Pré de Madame Carle. The rubble-strewn Glacier Noir drains down towards it from the west, but above big glacial slabs in the north the tumbling Glacier Blanc gleams in the sunlight. Both entice with prospects of scenically exciting walks among the highest of the high peaks. Despite Ailefroide's reputation as a major climbing centre, it also makes a near-perfect base for a walking holiday, and this guidebook gives a number of first-rate outings from it. As for Vallouise, this has the tributary Vallée d'Entraigues stretching off to the west which offers good walking too, as well as footpaths in the main valley and in that of Chambran to the north.