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Dôme de Neige des Écrins, from Tête de la Maye (Route 64)

Recommended Maps

All the walks included in this guide may be followed using just one map: Carte de Randonnées Écrins published by Rando Éditions at a scale of 1:50,000 (1cm = 500m or roughly 1¼in = 1 mile). This may be obtained from major map stockists in the UK (addresses given in Appendix C), and is available in most valley centres within the Écrins region.

This map is based on the official IGN survey (Institut Géographique National – equivalent to the Ordnance Survey in the UK), with the addition of major walking routes highlighted in red, and mountain huts and gîtes d'étape made prominent. The cartography is very good, and the amount of detail shown is perfectly adequate for the walker's needs. Altitudes and distances quoted in this guidebook are generally based on this particular sheet (2005 edition), although where the map is at variance with either mountaineering convention (in respect of the height of some summits) or the altitude of certain huts, I have made a judgement based on either conventional prejudice or the reading on my own altimeter during research.