In Haute Mauriennne Vanoise you can enjoy 210,509 hectares of protected natural areas (heart of the Parc national de la Vanoise, Natura 2000 zones, classified sites, registered sites, ZNIEFF type 1): an immense natural territory where you can encounter exceptional fauna and flora (eagles, ibex, marmots, bearded vultures, edelweiss, cembrian pines) and unspoilt natural sites dominated by glaciers and peaks over 3000 meters high.
Haute Maurienne Vanoise is a year-round business. Here, ski instructors are often "double active": as well as passing on their passion for skiing, they are also farmers, carpenters, mountain guides... Deeply attached to their territory, they are all aware of the importance of preserving the mountains and exploiting resources sparingly. Natural resources from which they derive their Beaufort cheese.
Mountain farming requires a special kind of know-how. Maintaining meadows and mountain pastures, milking cows at altitude, making cheese... Agriculture is still very much a part of life in the mountains.
Hydropower is a 100% renewable energy source with no greenhouse gas emissions. With the Aussois dams (Plan d'Amont and Plan d'...
"Where can you see marmots?", a classic question asked in the Tourist Offices of Haute Maurienne Vanoise in summer. Answer: everywhere! In Valfréjus, La Norma, Aussois, Val Cenis, Bessans and Bo...
