Vercors: Jewel in the Alps 2008

A day trip guiding in the western Vercors, French Alps, between Valence and Grenoble

View south from the Ambel Plateau

Interlocking valleys looking south towards the hills of the Drome

Tete de la Dame 1506m above sea level

A 360 degree panorama from from the Tete de la Dame

The Vercors regional park is a haven for wildlife

Steep valleys bordering the plateau make for dramatic landscapes

Limestone plateau Font d'Urle with sinks, wells, cliffs and underground glacier

Heading up to the day's highpoint at 1700m

Bowl-shaped valley on the Ambel Plateau used for upland pasture

Time to descend as bad weather approaches from the north west