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- Grand Veymont summit — The highest point of the Vercors (2,341 m) delivers an expansive, alpine panorama you won’t get on lowland hikes: jagged ridges, Mont Aiguille across the valley and seas of wildflower carpets in summer. It’s the payoff after long ridge walking—great for sunrise, and a real sense of being on a proper mountain rather than a forested trail.
- Combe Laval viewpoint — That suspended road carved into sheer cliffs is cinematic: narrow switchbacks, vertiginous drop-offs and postcard-perfect views into the Bourne gorge. It’s more than photo-op scenery — the engineering and scale of the cliffs make this stretch feel unique compared with ordinary forest tracks.
- Choranche caves — A sudden underground world of delicate “pipe” stalactites, an underground river and dim-lit chambers
- Grand Veymont summit — The highest point of the Vercors (2,341 m) delivers an expansive, alpine panorama you won’t get on lowland hikes: jagged ridges, Mont Aiguille across the valley and seas of wildflower carpets in summer. It’s the payoff after long ridge walking—great for sunrise, and a real sense of being on a proper mountain rather than a forested trail.
- Combe Laval viewpoint — That suspended road carved into sheer cliffs is cinematic: narrow switchbacks, vertiginous drop-offs and postcard-perfect views into the Bourne gorge. It’s more than photo-op scenery — the engineering and scale of the cliffs make this stretch feel unique compared with ordinary forest tracks.
- Choranche caves — A sudden underground world of delicate “pipe” stalactites, an underground river and dim-lit chambers that contrast the open plateaus above. Visiting the caves adds a geology-and-biolgy chapter to the crossing: rare cave formations and bat/bryophyte life you won’t stumble across on most long-distance hikes.
- Vassieux-en-Vercors (Resistance memorial) — The Vercors was a major maquis stronghold in WWII and Vassieux is where history hits you: memorials, a small museum and rebuilt village streets. It’s a sobering cultural stop that gives the landscape real human context — not just pretty views but stories of resistance and sacrifice.
- High plateaus, pastures and wildlife encounters — The wide karst plateaus and alpages are Vercors’ signature: open, wind-exposed meadows with shepherd huts, marmots whistling on the rocks and chamois on the cliffs. The combination of limestone pavements, seasonal grazing and large vertical walls makes the ecology and light very different from wooded trails elsewhere.
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Hi, I’m Johan (Netherlands 🇳🇱), the creator of TakeYourBackpack. Over the past decade, I’ve backpacked through 80+ countries across six continents, gaining extensive experience with independent travel, long-term trips, and overland routes.