Runaz - Alpage du Glacier

The ascent from Runaz to the Alpage du Glacier is one of the most demanding routes in the Valdigne by vertical gain, with 1635 m of ascent over 8.7 km. The walk begins at Runaz (839 m), a small hamlet in La Salle. The path gains height rapidly through forest, climbing the slope with alternating dense woodland and open meadow sections. As altitude increases, the landscape transforms: the forest gives way to intermediate pastures, then to increasingly open alpine grassland. The Alpage du Glacier (2163 m) is the final destination, a pastoral plateau within the upper La Salle valley zone.