GR 91

The great crossing of the Vercors is much more than a hiking route: it's an immersion in a unique massif, both rugged and welcoming, secret and majestic. From Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte to the edge of the Baronnies, the GR® 91 unfolds its kilometers across the plateaus, ridges, passes, mountain pastures, and forests of this exceptional territory. Dizzying cliffs, vast limestone expanses, changing light: here, every step tells a story, every turn opens up a new panorama.

In the heart of the Vercors Regional Natural Park, the high plateaus form a world apart, without roads or villages, where nature reigns supreme. Between Mont Aiguille, the emblematic figure of Dauphiné, and Grand Veymont, the roof of Vercors, stretches a land of silence, pastoralism, and rare biodiversity. Chamois, griffon vultures, golden eagles: the wildlife is discreet but very present, in a fragile balance that we learn to respect.

The Vercors is not something you cross: it is something you experience. And that's also what you feel at the stage, in the evening, in a refuge or an old alpine farm, where you share a simple and warm meal. You talk about the day gone by, the beauty of the landscapes, the emotion of having crossed this rocky headland or having encountered a marmot.

Halfway between the Equator and the North Pole, the GR® 91 crosses the 45th parallel, marking the intersection of human geography and the planet's major contours. And here, even the borders have a history: fleurs-de-lis etched in the rock, ancient lordship boundaries, the demarcation between Isère and Drôme.

The Vercors has always fascinated visitors with its fortress-like relief, its impregnable cliffs, its history of resistance, and its geographical contrasts. But it is on foot that it reveals itself best, in slowness, contemplation, and humility in the face of immensity.