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The Regional Natural Park of Vercors: territory, seven regions.

Exceptional diversity of Vercors, which distinguishes it from other pre-Alpine mountains, is illustrated in the seven natural regions which compose it: the Four Mountains in the north, in the northwest- Coulmes, in the west -Royans, center Vercors -Drome, in the east- Trièves, southeast -Diois and in the Southwest- Gervanne.

Regions in the Vercors Regional Park

  Quatre Montagnes

The Northern Plateaus of Vercors are also named the "Quatre Montagnes" that can be literally translated in "the Four mountains". The valleys lined with cliffs and rocky outcrops, this northern region of Vercors is dominated by Grenoble urban area, the valley of the Isère and Drac. It was developed with the mountain agriculture, forestry and tourism development of Climatotherapy, then later stations of Nordic and Alpine skiing.

The Coulmes

This most forested massif which devided regions of Royans and Drome by deep gorges “de la Bourne”. This is the least populated region of Vercors.

The Royans

This region extends from the area of the Isère to the plateas and penetrates the Vercors by impressive gorges. Dominated by plateaus: “Ambel” and “Font D'Urle”, partly covered by the vast forest “de Lente”. Situating on the hills, Royans has a mild and pleasant climate, conducive to walnut plantations. Three of the impressive vercors gorges are in this area: Combe Laval, the Grand Goulets and the Bourne gorge. The Choranche caves (Grottes de Choranche), with rare and impressive speleothems are also situated here.

Combe Laval

Vercors Drômois

Vercors Drôme region is also called" The Western plateaus" is authentic area, where agricultural activities are shaped to an open and green landscapes. Together with the high plateaus, they are what was first named "Vercors", before it became the name of the whole massif.

Trièves

Located in the foothills of the Vercors ,the Trièves is stuck between the cliffs of the Vercors. This isolate it from the rest of the massif and the deep valley of the Drac. Trièves is famous with one of the seven wonders of the Dauphiné – le Mont Aiquille(2086m).

Vercors, beautiful country.

Vercors, like a stone ship, stands in the middle of the valleys and three rivers are surrounding it: the Drac in the east, Isére in the west and Drôme in the south.

Its Altitude varies from 180 m of the river Isère to 2341 m at the top of the Grand Veymont.  

This is a beautiful and unique countryside with diversity of landscapes and environments that has amazing flora and fauna of moutains. 

 But what about its climate?

 
North-South Climate

At the passage between the Northern Alps and the Southern Alps, the Vercors is the subject of three climatic influences : altitude, rainfall and ocean Mediterranean regimes.

It is the tight interplay of these influences, but also relief that largely explains the exceptional botanical richness of the massif. Rainfall is also characterized by great disparities: maximum of 1649 mm for 133 days per year on average western edge against 880 mm for 89 days on the southern edge.

So beautiful nature!

In this post we would like to introduce nice and beautiful nature of Vercors. 
There is so much beauty all around us to see. 
Nature is the miracle; it is changing so fast that sometimes something you look could be completely different next time. 
Enjoy it!

Vercors Treasure Island

Located at mid-mountain, the Vercors aspects high mountain especially in the eastern part,which is also called "French Dolomites". It is also characterized by large areas with undulating hills and tormented its highlands in the southeast and its large pastures in the southwest.

For 10 million years, glaciers, water and snow have eroded, carved embossed tone and thy Urgonian limestone erected in a parade of walls turned Vercors into a citadel.

A period of global warming, ice made large holes which, for over a century, have become the spectacular gorges access the mass of Vercors.
Inside the great plateax its long valleys and vast forest have always offered the strangers the shelter and substenance.

"Vertacomocorii" the members of a Celtic tribe from the north, settled on the plates 600 years before our era and are the origin of name "Vercors"

Land of liberty, Vercors have gathered the largest underground French resistance during World War II. Its become a "High-rise Memory."

Haven and Foodland, people have shaped its agricultural land and forest alive. And are thus in 1970, through their will, was created  the" Parc Naturel Regional du Vercors", to promote sustainable development policy on Vercors territory.

"Vercors" you are the Treasure Island! 

Col Vert of Vercors

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The goal of this blog is to share with everyone our life in the mountains.

 Here follows a little introduction, what is Vercors and where it is.

The Vercors is a range of plateaux and mountains in France, that situated in the departements of Isère ( 38) and Drôme(26) in the French Prealps.