View to L'Obiou and the Dévoluy at Le Gargas, Écrins

View to L'Obiou (2790 m.) and the Dévoluy.

View to the Valjouffrey across across Col de l'Éterpat

View to the Valjouffrey and the peaks and glaciers of the Écrins across across the Col de l'Éterpat (2050 m.)

Flowers on our hike at Le Gargas, Écrins

View to L'Obiou and the Dévoluy at Le Gargas, Écrins

View to the Écrins across Col de l'Éterpat

View to the Écrins across Col de l'Éterpat (2050 m.).

View to L'Olan from Le Gargas, Écrins

View to L'Olan (3564 m.)

Vulture at Le Gargas, Écrins

Vulture

View to the Vercors at Le Gargas, Écrins

View to the Vercors.

Hike to the summit of Le Gargas, 2208 m.

Clear day hike for the view of the peaks and glaciers of the Écrins from the summit of Le Gargas, 2208 m., which is a brisk hike up via the Col de l’Éterpat (2050 m.) from Notre-Dame de la Salette, near Corps on the Route Napoléon.
A great display of spring Alpine flowers and of course the birds of prey - vultures - cruising the thermals. Far away, a view of the eastern cliff of the Vercors through the haze of unseasonably hot weather that is resulting in violent gusty winds in the afternoons this week.