Refuge des Merveilles

Photo: Patrick Rouzet · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

7.3km
Total Distance
756m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A 7.3 km climb of about 760 m from the Lac des Mesches, mostly on a track, to the Refuge des Merveilles at 2,130 m in the Mercantour. The hut is the base for visiting the Vallee des Merveilles and for climbing Mont Bego. The valley holds the largest group of open-air Bronze Age rock engravings in Europe after Val Camonica; Clarence Bicknell copied more than 10,000 of them between 1897 and 1902.

Route Map

Along the trail

  1. 1
    Neige et Merveilles · 1km
    Mountain hut
  2. 2
    Drinking water · 4.8km
  3. 3
    Drinking water
    at the end
  4. 4
    Refuge des Merveilles
    at the end · Mountain hut
Parking
139m from the start
Marked route
Vallée des Merveilles

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Difficulty

4/5 · Difficult
  • Experience with long mountain hikes