Stage 3 - Updated

7/11 Arrive Lyon, transfer to Pralognan la Vanoise (Sup apartment, full center) - arrive between 5 and 6 pm, our lodging is an apartment for four, dinner in town.

7/12 Refuge le Roc de la peche - 4 hour hike, private room for 4 with private bathroom, half-board

7/13 Refuge de l'Orgere - 6.5 hour hike, half-board, picnics ordered

7/14 Refuge du Thabor - 9.5 hour hike, half-board

7/15 Refuge du Magi - 3 hour hike, half-board, private room requested

On the way, take a slight detour to visit Lac Vert

7/16 Auberge la Cleida (Plampinet) - 6 hour hike, half board

7/17 Hotel Pian del Sole (in Italy, Montgenevre/Claviere) - 8 hour hike, bed and breakfast

7/18 Auberge de la Paix (Briancon) - 4 hour hike, hotel in old town

7/19 Les Bons Enfants Gite d'Etape (Brunissard), 8 hour hike, half-board plus picnics, bring your own container

7/20 Les Astragales (Chateau Queyras) - 4 hour hike, stop off on the way to visit Fort Queyras (medieval castle fortified by Vauban, the emblem of the valley)

7/21 Refuge la Cime (past Ceillac) - 7.5 hour hike

7/22 Les Zeles (Maljasset) 5.5 hr

7/23 Gites les Granges (Fouillouse) - 4.5 hour hike

crossing the Pont du Châtelet

7/24 Gite Auberge du Lauzanier (Larche) - 7 hour hike

7/25 Le gite de Bousieyas - 9 hour hike

7/26 (St. Dalmas le Selvage/St. Agnes) - 4 hour hike then transfer to St. Agnes

7/27 Les Deux Freres (Roquebrune) - 3 hour hike

7/28 Transfer to Nice Airport and fly home

Auberge de la Paix (Briancon)

Auberge de la

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Stage 1

July 1 Day 1) Leave USA
July 2 Day 2) Arrive Lyon, night at Ibis

July 3 Day 3) private transfer to St. Gingolph--transfer reserved, lodging reserved (Hotel Le Leman)--1 double room, 1 triple room.

July 4 Day 4)--Hiking Day 1: St Gingolph to Novel (2 hrs hike--3 for us?)

Stay at Les Chemins du Leman in Novel, small hotel 2 rooms reserved

July 5--Hiking day 2: Novel to Dent d'Oche - dorm, no showers, no running water, bring your own container for picnic

July 6 -Hiking day 3 : Dent d'Oche to Chapelle d'Abondance
Stay at Le Vieux Moulin--2 rooms, dinner and breakfast included. (Melissa joins us!)

July 7--hiking day 4: Chapelle d'Abondance to Trebantaz (3.15--4.5 for us?) 1 private room for 3, plus dorm

July 8--hiking day 5: Trebantaz to Refuge de Chésery, dormitory only (5.35--7 or 8 for us?)

July 9--hiking day 6: Refuge de Chésery to Refuge Golese  (6--7 for us?) private room

July 10--hiking day 7: to Samoens (2 hrs--3 for us?)

Hotel Eidelweiss (private rooms)

July 11--hiking day 8: Samoens to Sixt -- gite Auberge de Salvagny, private rooms (2.30--3 for us?)

July12--hiking day 9:  Auberge de Salvagny to Moede (6.15, 8 hrs for us?) Private room reserved

July 13--hiking day 10: Moede to Auberge de Jeunesse (via le Brevant) telecabine from Planpratz if weather is bad, Brevant if weather is good (4.30 hrs--6 hours for us?) Private rooms

July 14--hiking day 11: Auberge de Jeunesse (Chamonix) to Les Houches (1 hour?) to Hotel-Restaurant St. Antoine (private rooms) (Covid testing day for return to US)

July 15--hiking day 12: Les Houches to Col de Voza (3), to Chalets de Miage (4.05) Total hours--7, 8 for us? (or take the telecabine to cut down on the time, making a total of 6 hours for us.

July 16 Day at Miage (chalet reserved)-- late lunch? private transfer to Lyon Ibis in the late afternoon. 5?
July 17 Travel to USA

Stage 3

Because I know we need to know....

Day 1 - leave USA

Day 2 - arrive Geneva, transfer to Prolagnon, night in Prolagnon

Day 3 - Refuge le Roc de la peche

Day 4 - Refuge de l'Orgere

Day 5 - Refuge Terzo alpini (OR refuge du magi)

Day 6 -  Auberge la cleida (Plampinet)

Day 7 - Montgenevre/Claviere- Hotel Pian del Sole (In Italy)

Day 8 - Briancon--HOTEL DE LA CHAUSSÉE 

Day 9 - Brunissard--Les Bons Enfants Gite d'Etape

Day 10 - Chateau Queyras--Les Astragales

Day 11 - Ceillac--Gite Baladins

Day 12 - Fouillouse--Gites les Granges

Day 13 - Larche--Chalet du Germas

 

Day 14 - Bousieyas-- gite (is it closed?)

Day 15 - to St Dalmas le Selvage (5.5 miles, 1000 ft elevation gain + 2000 ft elevation loss, 4 1/2 hrs?)--La Petite étoile or La bergerie Cédric and Marion 

Possibly, instead of spending the night in St. Dalmas, get transfer (at 3 pm?) to St Agnes?--2 hr drive, arrive around 5 pm?

Day 16 hike to Roquebrune, transfer to Nice

Day 17 fly home

or, add one day to spend the night in St. Dalmas and in St. Agnes.