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	Vercors - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		VERCORS [Vercors], 1902-91, French writer and illustrator, whose original name was Jean Bruller.
		Vercors served in the French resistance movement and helped to found Les Éditions de Minuit, which began as an underground publishing firm.
		Vercors: this outlying ripple of the Alps is ideally suited to anyone looking for several days of solitude.(Brief Article)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-vercors.html (276 words)

	accueil parc
		Vercors regional natural park is a natural limestone citadel, extending over 186 000 hectares between the Isère valley to the north and the Diois to the south.
		Vercors regional natural park was founded on 16 October 1970 to protect and promote these assets, maintain economic activity and promote a harmonious human and environment development.
		The plateaus became a nature reserve in 1985 to preserve the balance between the natural habitat and traditional human activities such as forestry or summer grazing of flocks of sheep.
	www.pnr-vercors.fr /eng/parc/accueil.html (672 words)

	Vercors travel guide - Wikitravel
		Vercors is a massif of mountains and plateaus east of the Rhône Valley, between the valleys of the rivers Drôme and Isère, in the Rhône alpes region of France.
		Vercors massif (dark greens and blue on the map) is a group of limestone plateaus surrounded by 300m (1000 ft) vertical cliffs of limestone.
		The plateau of Méaudre and Autrans, in the northern plateaus
	wikitravel.org /en/Vercors (5549 words)

	Vercors Plateau (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.csres.utexas.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Many members of a maquis of the French resistance died fighting in 1944 on the plateau.
		The 1944 fighting on the plateau followed a declaration of freedom from the German occupation in some towns & villages on the plateau.
		In response, German parachute & glider borne troops landed on the plateau (owing to the difficulty of access to the plateau by road) & brutally suppressed the uprising, terrorising the population of the plateau with gross acts of rape & torture.
	publicliterature.org.cob-web.org:8888 /en/wikipedia/v/ve/vercors_plateau.html (180 words)

	Plateau
		In geology and earth science, a plateau is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat open country if the uplift was recent in Geologic history.
		Plateaus are formed when land has been uplifted by tectonic activity and then exposed to wind or water erosion.
		Many areas of the Allegheny Plateau and the Cumberland Plateau, which are at the western edge of the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America, are called "mountains" but are actually a dissected plateau.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/p/pl/plateau.html (203 words)

	Plateau (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.csres.utexas.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Plateaus (or plâteaux), like mesas and buttes, are formed when land has been uplifted by tectonic activity and then eroded by wind or water.
		Flat-topped, sheer-sided plateaus, like the tepuis of Guiana, are formed when a section of land is uplifted that is topped with a layer of particularly resistant rock, and underlain by softer rock.
		Other undersea Plateaus were formed by outpourings of flood basalts, and were never associated with continents; the vast Ontong Jaya Plateau of the western Pacific is an example of such.
	plateau.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (349 words)

	Vercors Plateau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vercors is a plateau in the départements of Isère and Drôme in Eastern France.
		In June 1944 it was proclaimed the Republic of Vercors, the first democratic place in France since the beginning of the German occupation in 1940.
		In response, German parachute and glider borne troops landed on the plateau (owing to the difficulty of access to the plateau by road) and brutally suppressed the uprising, terrorising the population of the plateau with rape and torture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vercors_Plateau (398 words)

	Order of the Liberation
		It was the main landing area for Allied parachute divisions on the plateau, and always helped the Maquis fighters in any possible way in their effort to gather weapons.
		This plan consisted in using the Vercors plateau as a landing base for the Allied forces that – when on missions in Grenoble and Valence – would cut off the German retreat upon the liberation of the territory.
		At the end of July of 1945, during the first commemoration of the combats of the Vercors, before a crowd of resistance fighters and the surviving population, Georges Bidault presented the Cross of the Liberation to the community of Vassieux-en-Vercors.
	www.ordredelaliberation.fr /us_ville/vassieux.html (794 words)

	Gîte de Railletière en Vercors (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.csres.utexas.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Located in the French préalpes, with lay on Isère and drôme departments, the massif of vercors is classified as natural reserve.
		Located at the south and the east of the cirque of Railletière, you reach the plateau, starting from the gite, through the "pas du pré coquet" (1209 m).
		On the western edge of Vercors, it extends its fields of walnut trees in the wide valley.
	www.gitenature.fr.cob-web.org:8888 /English/discover.htm (318 words)

	walking in France
		Best-known as a base for the French Resistance during WW2, this high limestone plateau is still a wild, remote and beautiful area.
		It's an area hidden away between mountains to the east (Les Ecrins) and west (Vercors) and climatically mid-way between the south of France and the northern Alps.
		Vercors Plateau From the trailhead in Chichilianne we climb steadily through shady forest to reach the high, flat, grassy Vercors Plateau at 1,820m (6,000ft).
	www.adventure-treks.com /site/adventures/trieves.htm (823 words)

	Cycling the Vercors -- the Prealps by steephill.tv
		The Vercors is another example of how you don't have to travel far in southern France to find a different region with its own unique blend of scenery and culture.
		Vercors Regional Natural Park is a experimental territory that entrusts its partners to balance nature and heritage with economic development.
		There are lots of flat roads in the Vercors and modest climbs so it makes a great location for a training camp or a cycling vacation for those not yet ready for the Alps or Pyrenees.
	www.steephill.tv /2006/vercors (1065 words)

	9/29-9/30, 2004. Driving in the Alps.
		At this point, I've hit the top of the plateau, and the picture is looking down toward that farm, and toward the windy road upon which I drove to get here.
		This is a typical plateau shot -- we're way up high, and although the foreground is completely flat, there are mountains and cliffs all around.
		We've reached one of those great Vercors surprises -- after a few miles of flat, we turn a corner, and boom -- mega-steep mountain valley, and we'll be going down, down, down...
	www.cs.utk.edu /~plank/plank/pics/04.09.29/index-a.html (2813 words)

	geologie: les collines
		In the Trièves, Thitonian escarpments are aligned north to south, parallel to Vercors eastern ridge.
		The Royans depression (Royan Gulf) is made of a synclinal fold bordered to the east by Vercors plateau anticlines and to the west by Musan Mountain.
		They are made of non-cemented pebbles brought by torrents; they are the remnants of what torrents took from plateaus when they were cutting their course (Bourne and Venaison gorges and Combe Laval "reculée").
	www.pnr-vercors.fr /eng/nature/geo_collines.html (295 words)

	Vercors Plateau biography .ms (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.csres.utexas.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The 1944 fighting on the plateau followed a declaration of freedom from the German occupation in some towns and villages on the plateau.
		In response, German parachute and glider borne troops landed on the plateau (owing to the difficulty of access to the plateau by road) and brutally suppressed the uprising, terrorising the population of the plateau with gross acts of rape and torture.
		Maquisards appealed to Free French agencies based in United Kingdom to supply arms and heavier weaponry to counter the German action, but none was forthcoming.
	www.biography.ms.cob-web.org:8888 /Vercors_plateau.html (152 words)

	Vercors - World Travel Guide
		The Vercors massif and surrouding areas are protected as a regional park (Parc Naturel Régional du Vercors in French).
		Vercors massif (dark greens and blue on the map) is a group of limestone plateaus surrounded by 300m (1000’) vertical cliffs of limestone.
		The Northern Plateaus of Vercors are also named the "Quatre Montagnes" that can be literrely translated in "the four mountains" but rather means something like "the four villages/communities/cultivated areas in the mountains".
	www.world-travel-guide.net /index.php?title=Vercors (5245 words)

	Isere-Tourisme.com - A drive through the vercors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Behind the steep cliffs of the Vercors and its Regional Park lie gently rolling plateaux with woods and lush valleys, accessed via some hair-raising roads.
		Back on the plateau visit Villard de Lans, a resort renowned since the 1920s for its exceptional setting and the health-giving virtues of its climate.
		This is the highest village in the northern Vercors.
	www.isere-tourisme.com /pages/index/id/1825 (349 words)

	Grenoble Cycling Pages - The Vercors
		The Vercors is a superb place for cycling for many reasons.
		The limestone plateau of the Vercors lies to the south west of Grenoble.
		The Vercors was a stronghold for the Resistance during the second world war, and memorials can be seen alongside many of the roads.
	www.grenoblecycling.com /the-Vercors.htm (217 words)

	Massif du Vercors - Wikitravel
		Le Vercors est un massif montagneux des Alpes françaises du Nord situé sur les départements de l'Isère et de la Drôme dans la région Rhône-Alpes.
		Le parc regional du Vercors englobe l'ensemble du massif ainsi que les régions avoisinantes.
		Le 21 juillet 1944, 15 000 soldats allemands envahirent le plateau en utilisant les petits "pas" dans les falaises, et des planneurs.
	wikitravel.org /fr/Massif_du_Vercors (4387 words)

	Vercors escapade, randonnée, escalade en drome, vercors et étranger
		The Diois region appeared to be an ideal place to practice, having the scent of the South, it drew me to it for weekends.
		Then, as I got to know the Diois and Vercors region better, I was taken further away around the world with my work as a trekking leader.
		I hope therefore to see you or meet you on the trails of the Vercors or even further afield….
	www.vercors-escapade.com /english/index.php (395 words)

	Untitled Document
		In Dalloz’ thinking, therefore, the Vercors was to be a drop zone for airlifted troops, who were meant to leave the plateau immediately with members of the local armed Resistance, in order to carry the guerilla warfare outward to all the surrounding areas.
		Dalloz repeated that surprise was indispensable, that the Vercors could not be used before the Allies were about to land on the shores of the Mediterranean, and that massive air supplies of manpower and materiel would be necessary.
		The Vercors is grandiose, with its awe-inspiring peaks and cliffs, its joyful gently rolling plains, its trout-filled trilling brooks, its sunny plateaus dotted with innumerable sheep, its somber, steep and terrifying gorges churned by hurtling torrents, foaming as they go.
	www.dianamarahenry.com /natzweiler-struthof/henrirosencher/henrirosencherintro.html (6019 words)

	Randonnées à cheval adulte et junior : bienvenue au centre équestre le Vercors à cheval
		Découverte de la flore de printemps, les fleurs au milieu des névés sur le Plateau de Font d'Urle, des couleurs automnales et la douceur du temps des mois de septembre et d'octobre.
		Plateau de Vassieux en Vercors, piste de Combe-Libouse pour rejoindre La Chapelle en Vercors.
		Descente sur le plateau de Vassieux en Vercors, ultime petit galop avant de rejoindre la station de ski du Col de Rousset.
	www.vercors-a-cheval.com /rando5.htm (388 words)

	Cycling in the Alps: The Vercors Nature Park
		The Vercors Nature Park offers spectacular roads that are highly regarded by cyclists, with routes that are incomparable and unique in Europe.
		The scenery is spectacular--as it will be for the next few days--and the local gastronomy should not be overlooked: you are now in the region known for its "ravioles," delightful small squares of wheat dough stuffed with cheese, eggs, parsley, butter and salt.
		You are now in the heart of the Vercors, a sparsely populated area.
	www.cyclomundo.com /p_vercors_8_days.htm (678 words)

	SS FJ Glider Operation in France? - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums
		There is often confusion when it comes to accounts of SS involvement in the German assault in July 1944 on the so-called ‘Republic of Vercors’, established by the Gaullist FFI (Forces françaises de l’intérieur) on the Vercors plateau in the mountains just to the southwest of Grenoble.
		Polizei and SD mountain troops attacked FFI positions in and to the south of the village of Lans on the northern end of the Vercors plateau.
		After Vercors, Streifkorps Südfrankreich was sent to the north of Italy where it fought against Italian partisans in the Turin area and also on the Franco-Italian border.
	www.wehrmacht-awards.com /forums/showthread.php?t=30498 (2694 words)

	Isere-Tourisme.com - South isère (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Located close to the Ecrins National Park, overlooking the Vercors and Dévoluy ranges and the lakes at Laffrey, this new resort lies at the edge of a forest and offers outstanding views down on to the Matheysine plateau.
		Gresse is the highest village in the Vercors, at the heart of the French "Dolomites" and within the Vercors Regional Park.
		The Obiou, the Tête de Lapras, the Tête de l'Aupet, the Grand Ferrand and the Tête de Lauzon all form a grandiose snow-capped horseshoe surrounding the village of Tréminis.
	www.isere-tourisme.com /pagestexte/index/id/1428 (479 words)

	Mountain Biking - Bikeandski-Vercors
		The Grand Veymont (2,341m) is the Vercors' highest peak and forms an almost endless skyline.
		From these mountain summits, a series of rugged highlands, forests and plateaux are formed which will appeal to mountainbikers who enjoy long demanding days in the saddle.
		The high plateau offers extreme and remote access to some of the finest scenery in Europe.
	www.bikeandski-vercors.com /mountainbiking.htm (703 words)

	Speleo Vercors
		Speleo Vercors is a UK based caving club that specialises in Vercors caving.
		Speleo Vercors was created to formalise and document the experience of UK cavers that have been meeting (on an ad-hoc basis) in the Vercors for the best part of two decades.
		Typically, this level of membership would be for those who have an interest in walking or skiing, who can benefit from the accrued knowledge within the club from many years of exploration on the Vercors Plateau.
	www.btinternet.com /~jason.down/Caving/speleo_vercors.htm (264 words)

	biking itinerary > mountain biking holidays france europe, cycling holiday : hikeorbike
		From there we begin a long, gentle, winding ascent to Rimon, where we enjoy superb views of the valley to the west and the peaks of the Vercors to the north.
		At 1100m, we leave the bikes for a 250m climb up the slope to the summit, to admire the amazing panoramic views of the Drome valley, the Vercors National Park, the Rhone valley and the southern pre-alpes towards Provence and the Mediterranean.
		Our first challenge is the climb from Marignac (650m) to the edge of the Vercors plateau, a long, steep and difficult climb to 1400m.
	www.hikeorbike.com /bikingnotes.htm (1192 words)

	Pedal Power (ACT) - Bicycle Rides: Grenoble, France
		Vercors features roughly a 1100 m high tableland in its north and west part where is mostly concentrated the population, while its south-east part is characterised by a very wild and protected area at about 1600-1800 m elevation bounded by the highest peaks of the range, along the east.
		Beyond the Vercors and the Trièvres extends southwards the Provence, the South East part of France.
		At the west of the town are the St Nizier de Moucherotte’s and Lans en Vercors’ roads that run to the Vercors plateau (tableland at about 1100 m) and its snowfields in winter.
	www.pedalpower.org.au /services/rides_library/world/ride108.asp (1616 words)

	A few obits...two UK vets, two US vets - Military Photos
		Cammaerts’s warning that the maquisards needed heavy weapons had been disregarded, not through neglect in London but because it was reckoned, on sound historic precedent, that it was not the role of guerrillas to fight pitched battles.
		The Vercors plateau was not within the Jockey circuit.
		The plateau cliff tops were fiercely contested, but the result was a foregone conclusion.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=85702 (3193 words)

	Online Personal Albums by Talloch - VirtualTourist.com
		The idea was to climb to the high plateau on the first day and camp near a unmanned shelter.
		It took some mental efford to put on our raingear and backpacks and start the 1000m climb to the plateau that we couldn't even see through the clouds.
		First the rain stopped because we entered the clouds and when we finally broke through we where on top of the plateau.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/tt/181a2 (475 words)

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