Hiking - Geology around Bessans
The landscapes of Haute-Maurienne are a direct result of geology. To look upon them is to delve back in history...
From the summit of the Ouille Allegra, I gaze upon this plain. Seated, it’s time for some questions: where dœs this landscape at my feet come from? How did it come about? Would it be possible to go back to the dawn of time to understand how it was formed?
Place de la Mairie, reach the Ribon car park. Take the path that gœs up the valley towards the biathlon stadium then Goulaz. Then return to Bessans on the paved road for 270 m then turn right onto a wide track. At the first intersection, take the path on the left which runs along a wood and then reach the hamlet of Villaron. From Villaron, go to the centre of Bessans by taking the GR5 path of Petit Bonheur.