Mountainous department highest of France,located between Provence and Northern Alps,Hautes-Alpes profit from an exceptional sunning throughout the year. Equipped with a rangewith landscapes, energy of the forests, mountain pastures and valleys preserved with the summits and glaciers via the wild throats. Its 6,800km of hiking trails, its skiable fields considered, itssites of climbing and its rivers andtorrents, make of it a privileged natural destinationbe like winter.
Local specialties
In Buëch and Gapençais, the softness of theclimate brings a note of Provence allowing theproductions of the Mediterranean type like thelavender, the lime or thyme. In the valley of theDurance, arboriculture as for it developed and ofmany pear and apple orchards the small valleysrecover. The vine with the Gob, endemic type of vine, holds its row. Lastly, of Dévoluy inChampsaur via Queyras and Briançonnais, thebreedings ovine, caprine, bovine and porcine are largely established. The Apples of the Alps of theHigh-Durance and the Lamb of Sisteron enjoy thestatute Protected Geographical ascriptions andRed Labels.
These healthy products, developed by the territorialbrand Hautes-Alpes Naturally. The receiptsheadlights are: let us tourtons of Champsaur, theears of donkey of Valgaudemar, the Pail ofVeynes, the trout of Chateauroux the Alps, thedesserts with honey, etc
Major events and venues
Briançon is labeled City and Countries of Artand History, its Vauban fortifications are registered with the World heritage ofUNESCO. Briançonnais it is also the proximityof Italy, the Large Collars of Galibier, Lautaret,Izoard, or the Valley of wild Clarée.
The Bar of the Jewel cases with its 4,102 m ofaltitude is the summit of Hautes-Alpes, theimposing environment which leads quite naturally to the creation of the Ecrins National Park in 1973, largest of the French national parks.
Between wild splits and turquoise water, thelake of Greenhouse-Ponçon is a sea with themountain.
By its geographical location in the middle of thealpine arc, the department of Hautes-Alpes haswhat to appease all the desires of mountain.High altitude confers an abundant snow to him;the proximity with the south gets a generoussunning to him.
Hautes-Alpes count 9 stations greatfields: Greenhouse Knight, Montgenèvre, Puy Saint-Vincent, VAr-Risoul the WhiteForest, Orres, Orcières Merlette1850 and SuperDévoluy Plays it of the Wolf towhich a world spot of freeride is added, Low register - Meije.
Aerodrome of Tallard: The specialists and thecurious ones can practise there all the pallet ofthe flying activities: parachuting, paragliding,ULM, gliding (sailplane), plane, helicopter,montgolfier, autogiro, etc
