Hiker on a mountain trail, Barre des Ecrins, Ecrins National Park, French Dauphine Alps, Haute Alpes, France, Europe

Barre des Ecrins, glacial river, Ecrins National Park, French Dauphine Alps, Haute Alpes, France, Europe

Climber on a glacier, Barre des Ecrins, Ecrins National Park, French Dauphine Alps, Haute Alpes, France, Europe

Hike to Lac Palluel (2472 m) from the hamlet of Dormillouse, Freissinieres, Ecrins National Park, Hautes-Alpes, France

Meije glacier lift (1450 - 3200m) with Les Terrasses in the background, one of the four hamlets of La Grave, upper Romanche valley, Hautes-Alpes, France

Alpine Marmot on rock, Ecrins NP Alps France

Flowerbed with elderflower Orchis (Dactylorhiza latifolia) on the Emparis plateau, La Grave, ecrins National Park, Hautes-Alpes, France

A couple of hikers walk to Lake Goleon (2438m) in the Oisans massif, ecrins National Park, Hautes-Alpes, France

A hiker sitting on a rock contemplates the landscape at the edge of Lake Goleon (2438m) in the massif of Oisans with in the background the Meije (3983m) and the Rake (3809m), Ecrins National Park, Hautes-Alpes, France

Cascade du Saut du Laire on the Drac, Prapic, Champsaur Valley, ecrins National Park, Orcieres Merlette, Hautes-Alpes, France

Cliff with remarkable stratifications, folded layers of marls and limestones of the Lower Jurassic, above Bassey near Bourg d'Oisan, Ecrins NP, Alps, France

Le Glacier Blanc (3023m), view on Mount Pelvoux (3932m), Valley of Vallouise, Brian?onnais region, Ecrins National Park, Hautes-Alpes, France

The Gioberney glacial cirque, flowering Alpine Rose (Rhododendron ferrugineum), La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Ecrins National Park, Hautes-Alpes, France

Hiker contemplating the Lac du Lauvitel (1530 m) on the GR 54 long-distance hiking trail, Tour de l'Oisans et des Ecrins, Veneon valley, Ecrins National Park, Isere, France

Plantation avalanche protection in Oisans, Ferrand Valley, Ecrins NP, Oisans, Northern Alps, France

Mount Pelvoux (3932m) and the Pelvoux glacier illuminated by a full moon night, hiker at the Glacier Blanc refuge (2580m), Vallouise valley, Brian?onnais region, Ecrins National Park, Hautes-Alpes, France

Cliff with remarkable stratifications, folded layers of marls and limestones of the Lower Jurassic, above Bassey near Bourg d'Oisan, Ecrins NP, Alps, France

Les Terrasses, one of the four hamlets of La Grave, upper Romanche valley, Hautes-Alpes, France

Orientation post at Lac Lauvitel (1530 m) on the GR 54 Grande Randonnee trail, Tour de l'Oisans et des Ecrins, Veneon valley, Ecrins National Park, Isere, France

Reflection of the mountains on the lake of Valbonnais, Matheysine, Parc National des Ecrins, Isere, Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France

Hiker at Lake Lauzon (2008m), La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Ecrins National Park, Hautes-Alpes, France

Willow (Salix sp) covered with frost, Ferrand Valley, Ecrins NP, Oisans, Northern Alps, France

Hikers at the altitude of 1951 m on the path to the neck of Lake Goleon, Valley of the hamlet of Valfroide in the massif of Oisans with La Meije (3983m) in the background, Ecrins National Park, Hautes-Alpes, La France

Plantation avalanche protection in Oisans, Ferrand Valley, Ecrins NP, Oisans, Northern Alps, France

Alpine Marmot on rock, Ecrins NP Alps France

Sunset on the Emparis plateau, La Grave, Ecrins National Park, Hautes-Alpes, France

Portrait of Alpine Marmot, Ecrins NP Alps France

Alpine Marmot on rock, Ecrins NP Alps France