Valgaudémar, the valley floor at La Chapelle (1101 m.)
Fantastic and rewarding hike up from La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar (Parc National des Écrins), past the roaring Les Oules du Diable (Devil’s Cauldron) to the abandoned village of Navette. Drama then pathos as the path rises through meadows and forest with views of glaciers and their melt-water cascading down the valley sides.
Navette was wrecked by storms and rockslides in 1914 , the village was only ever partially rebuilt, now only ruins and the spring remain.