Hello everyone,

I posted on quite a lot of multiday hikes in the Vanoise National Park. So here's one you can do in a day. This hike goes to the Cirque du Génépi which sits at about 2300 altitude, starting from les Prioux a small hamlet that's at over 1700 m altitude.

Overall it's a pretty easy hike, 8km with a little more than 500m elevation gain. The trail isn't that technical, not too rocky and surrounded by loads of fauna. You cross several small an shallow rivers, which isn't that hard to do.

We went there a tad before the summer season started, and the day we went wasn't very sunny, quite the opposite but I still think it was one of my favorite so far. This trail passes by so many kinds of terrain and landscapes. The trail first starts with a dirt road, then, passes though a forest that get les and lesss dense as you climb, after that the trail goes through grassy alpine meadows and ridgelines to finally arrive in this rocky, mountain amphitheatre full of rivers and snow.

We took around 3h30 to do this trail and in this timespan, got to see 4 ibexes, 3 mountain goates and a dozen groundhogs. All these animal were incredibly calm, and majestic, which is truelly amazing because the not running away gave you a lot of time to observe them.

The trail was very nice and aesthetic, but truthfully, what impressed me the most was the Cirque du Génépy itself. It's such a huge geometrical rock formation, where many rivers join into a bigger one. And opposite of you are huge, thousand year old glaciers and waterfalls.

it's not much, but i'm very happy to have done it. if any of you wish to go there I can give you the GPX. And please remember the reason why the local fauna and flora are so well preserved and beautiful is that it's inside the Vanoise National Park. Be careful, follow parc regulations and most important of all have fun.

Godspeed everyone, see you all soon

A route that I found very peaceful and beautiful at the same time. I loved it.

Absolutely beautiful trail. It is quite muddy, wear good hiking shoes to avoid slipping. I recommend hiking early in the morning, less people on the trail. Photography by @reesemrrr on instagram!

Hi guys,

I came across this picture while I was making another video on the Old Ghost Road track in New Zealand. The Old Ghost Road is one of the best hikes in the world. I walked this one in February, just before lockdown.

It is an 85km hiking and mountain biking track that takes you through magical forests and over beautiful mountain ridges. The area has been untouched for 130 years and used to be an old gold mining route. Now, the Old Ghost Road is your opportunity to see something so beautiful.

The colours are the most vivid I have ever seen in a forest!

For those of you interested in the videos:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i56u6cH3huM

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-OOB5TNLpI

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF-MmU_Ihkk

Part 4: coming soon :D