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Neither an ice-axe nor crampons should be necessary in the summer months, although the possibility of freak weather covering the high passes with snow and ice can never be ruled out (and remember that in some years snow and ice can be late clearing from high passes). Outside the main summer months, an ice-axe and crampons would be essential items of equipment.

Maps

The official mapping agency in France, the Institut Geographique National (IGN), the equivalent of Britain’s Ordnance Survey, produces the following maps, which are of use to those walking the Tour of the Queyras.

1 IGN Carte de Randonnée 1:25 000

Three maps are required to cover the entire route of the Tour described in this guidebook.

 Sheet 3637 OT. Mont Viso (St-Véran – Aiguilles). Parc Naturel Régional du Queyras.

 Sheet 3537 ET. Guillestre – Vars – Risoul. Parc Naturel Régional du Queyras.

 Sheet 3536 OT. Briançon – Serre-Chevalier – Montgenèvre. Only a very small part of the Tour is shown on this map.

All the 1:25 000 IGN maps are of excellent quality and are highly recommended.