Lac Merlet

France

Lac Merlet, France
Photo: B. Brassoud, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
July to September
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A pair of glacial lakes in the Vanoise above the Courchevel valley, set in a bare rock basin scoured by former ice. Chamois and marmots frequent the surrounding slopes.

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