The Ecrins National Park

http://www.ecrins-parcnational.fr/decouvert-le-parc-national-des-ecrins

Identity card of the Ecrins National Park

Creation of the Park: March 27, 1973
❚ The heart of the Park: 93,000 ha
❚ Membership area: 159,600 ha (49 member municipalities)
❚ Altitude of the park: between 700 and 4,102 m (Barre des Ecrins)
❚ Nearly 750 km of maintained and signposted trails
❚ 175 hiking and mountain biking routes (outside the heart of the park)
❚ 7 Houses in the park
❚ Glaciers: 7,120 ha
❚ Alpine pastures (estives): 104,000 ha of mountain pastures grazed in summer by sheep (over 115,000), cattle, goats and horses
❚ Forests: 41,422 ha
❚ 2,500 plant species, more than 350 vertebrate species and hundreds of other small animals, including many butterflies.