Hiking Trip: Vallee des Merveilles Mountain Range in South of France

Here are my pictures from my hiking trip in Vallee des Merveilles. This "valley" is at 2200m of altitude at the border between France and Italy. This is on the May 8th week end which is a holiday in France. In Nice, the temperature was about 25 Celsius, which is perfect for the beach. However, as you can see, up there was a little chillier.

The "Valley of Marvels" got his name because of protohistoric rock carvings that were uncovered about a century ago. However, I couldn't see any of them because they were under 3 meters of snow.

A view from the Vallee des Merveilles

We parked the car at 1800m and we snowshoeed our way to the valley. The path is tricky because it was buried by an avalanche earlier this year. It took us about 6 hours to get there and we arrived just in time before the curfew at the refuge.

Another view of the Vallee des Merveilles

This was a gorgeous week end, and at the end of it, my face was tanned just like if I had spent 3 days at the beach. Except, the rest of my body didn't had the same sun exposure.

It was a sunny day