The Chartreuse range became A FRENCH REGIONAL NATURE PARK in 1995. This new status was in recognition of its high quality natural and cultural heritage.
The park promotes an economy wich conserves the environment and maintains valuable traditional and agricultural skills within its borders.
All the evidence of the past, its cultural heritage and traditional activities inherited from the Carthusians, buildings and passages linked to the old frontier, can be discovered and better known throw the Park structure.

Vercors regional natural park is a natural limestone citadel, extending over 186 000 hectares between the Isère valley to the north and the area around Die to the south. Seven natural sectors make up this unique and magnificient area: Quatre Montagnes, Coulmes, Vercors Drômois, Royans, Diois, Triève and Gervanne.

Situated between Gap, Grenoble and Briançon, The Ecrins National Park is bounded by the Romanche river in the north, the Guisane and the Durance on the East and the south, and by the Drac in the West.