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Looking south to Vallonpierre from the head of Valgaudemar (Routes 40–41)

Valgaudemar

On the western side of the Parc National two main valleys cut into the range with access from the N85 Grenoble-Gap road. The southernmost of these is the Valgaudemar. La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar is the modest base here, located just 9km from the roadhead. The huge rock peak of L'Olan rises north of the village, and there's a narrow glen cutting back to the south. At the head of the valley a mountain cirque provides plenty of scope for walks to huts, tarns and viewpoints, and accommodation is 18 supplied in this upper valley by the streamside Refuge du Clot, as well as the large Chalet-Hôtel du Gioberney at the roadhead.

Valjouffrey

Included in this guide in the Valgaudemar chapter, this northernmost valley on the western side of the Écrins park is watered by the Bonne river which drains west of L'Olan. Road access is from La Mure on N85, with a modest amount of accommodation to be had at Valbonnais in the lower valley, at Entraigues at the confluence of the Malsanne and Bonne, and, for the trekker tackling the Tour de l'Oisans, at Le Désert. Upstream beyond Le Désert the valley has been carved and shaped by a long-departed glacier; waterfalls spray down the steep walls, and nestling at the foot of L'Olan is the Fond-Turbat refuge. Below Le Désert at La Chapelle-en-Valjouffrey, the tributary glen of Valsenestre carves northeastward through the Gorges de Béranger, with a minor road ending at Valsenestre hamlet – another staging post on the Tour de l'Oisans. Then, at Entraigues in the mouth of the Malsanne valley, the D526 offers a rather tortuous crosscountry road route to Bourg d'Oisans via Col d'Ornon.