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Posts Tagged → Mercantour National Park

20 Photos from the Verdon-Allos Loop Trail

posted in Field Guides, France, Hikes on July 11, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 5 Comments

More specifically, photos of seven different wildflowers and four different butterflies to present a survey of what was blooming and flying in early June along this six kilometer out-and-back trail along the Verdon River in the town of Allos, France.

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What was Blooming Near Lac d’Allos on 5 June 2026

posted in Field Guides, France on June 16, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

More specifically, a dozen wildflowers blooming on 5 June 2026 at elevations between 2000 and 2400m, near Lac d’Allos, in France’s Mercantour National Park.

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Lac d’Allos Hike and Loop – 25 Photos, and a Video too

posted in France, Hikes on June 14, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 7 Comments

An introduction to the largest high altitude alpine Lake in Europe, nestled in an impossibly beautiful setting at an edge of Mercanour National Park in southeast France.

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This is BobRamsak.com, a public notebook by Bob Ramsak.

I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are trying to make sense of the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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