Embrun, at 900m, has a milder climate than Briançon and Guillestre; winter snow melts faster and summer temperatures regulalry exceed 30c. A thriving market town and religious centre, Embrun life changed in 1960 when the Serre Ponçon damn was completed. Suddenly, the town overlooked France's largest inland lake which, thanks to summer sun and strong winds, rapidly became an obligatory destination for sailors and windsurfers.
Embrun is surrounded by ski-resorts and two national parks, Le Queyras and Les Ecrins, which offer all the pleasures of mountaineering, including lakeside picnics, via ferratas, mountain-biking and climbing glacier-clad peaks.
Embrun is surrounded by ski-resorts and two national parks, Le Queyras and Les Ecrins, which offer all the pleasures of mountaineering, including lakeside picnics, via ferratas, mountain-biking and climbing glacier-clad peaks.
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