Houses covered in snow in the village of Nevache near Briancon, French Alps, France, Europe

Vallee de La Claree, hikers on the Pont du Moutet, in the background the massif of Cerces (3093m) and the peaks of the Main of Crepin (2942m), Nevache, Hautes-Alpes, France

Vallee de la Claree, Kuepfer's Buttercup (Ranunculus kuepferi) bed and hiker on the GR57, Nevache, Hautes-Alpes, France

Former boundary marker at Col des Muandes (2828m) on the GR57, Claree Valley, Nevache, Hautes-Alpes, France

Vallee de La Claree, two hikers on the GR country of the Tour du Mont Thabor, flowering Rhododendron ferrugineux, in the background the Cerces massif (3093m), Nevache, Hautes-Alpes, France

Bivouac on the shore of Lake Laramon (2359 m), Queyrellin ridge (2866 m) in the background, upper Claree valley, Nevache, Hautes-Alpes, France

Lac Serpent (2448 m), Queyrellin ridge (2866 m) and Barre des ecrins (4102 m) in the background, upper Claree valley, Nevache, Hautes-Alpes, France

Vallee de La Claree, the Long Lake (2387m) with in the background the Cerces massif (3093m), Nevache, Hautes-Alpes, France