Mountain refuge Cabane de la Combe du crêt

Half mountain reference in the Vercors

At 1,280 metres, the Cabane de la Combe du crêt is at a point where time can change quickly and where a simple day on the map can be hardened by moisture, wind or fog. In the environment of Lans-en-Vercors , inside the massif of Vercors , works above all as support for an autonomous mountain exit, more useful to protect or fail the effort than to propose a stay with services.

The near relief helps to place it: to the area references are raised like the Croix des Ramées , Roche Rousse or Moucherotte , summits and highlights that draw a land of looms, forests and limestone peaks very specific to this sector of Isère. This combination of half-height and broken relief forces you to read the map well and not to be trusted with the orientation, especially if you enter or leave with reduced visibility.

As a free shelter, its role fits better in a prudent planning: it can serve as an intermediate point on a local journey or as a reference for a day of ascension in the environment, but there is no data here to present concrete itineraries or closed links. This is why it should be proposed as a support coat within an output already studied, not as the only planning element.

In the logistics, the water should not be assumed within the shelter. If several relatively close sources appear, with one to about 880 meters, although their flow rate may vary according to time and conditions. To have sufficient autonomy and to confirm on the ground both access and actual water availability remains the most sensible option in this French mountain area.