French walking holiday activities

Hiking ‘en hiver’

Don’t let the powder posers push you off the pistes. The snow covered slopes are for everyone. On a snowshoeing or winter walking holiday, let your guide take you to all the secret hiking spots, often used for centuries by local communities and traders. Such as in the Alpes Maritimes, where you can hike from one auberge to another without hardly meeting another soul, seeing wolf tracks in the snow, eagles soaring overhead and basking in the solace of silence. Or the enormous and exquisite Ecrins National Park, with frozen lakes to hike around, cols to conquer and white valleys to explore. Although you don’t need experience to go snow shoeing, a reasonable level of fitness helps. What is vital, however, is that you have the support of a qualified mountain guide. You don’t mess with the mountains in winter.