We enjoyed the sunny and warm First of May hiking on the Vercors. This time our destination was a sightseeing platform Vertige des Cimes that extends a few meters over the edge of the mountain with about 300 meters drop below. It is an easy hike away from the […]
We finished our Winter vacation testing our new snowshoes in Montagnes de Lans on Vercors. We were quite happily surprised that there was still so much snow, although not perfect for snowshoeing. We walked to Combe Oursière and back, total of 6.3 kilometers with the ascent (and descent) of 263 […]
This is the second week in a row when we take the midweek off from work and go skiing to Vercors plain to profit from the nice weather the fullest, since this winter — especially during the weekends — has been quite bleak. However, this will be changing since the […]
We still have not bought the skis, so we thought that snowshoeing would be a nice alternative. We’ve only done it once before in Hokkaido, but not on maintained tracks but in steep unbroken snow and heavy snowfall. So, we planned a trip to Vercors this past Sunday, since the […]
Another attempt to find snow for skiing. Did we find any? No. And how could there any be with the afternoon temperatures recently reaching mid-teens? The weather forecast promised a cloudy day, but as soon as we were on the Vercors plain, the sun came through the clouds, and we […]
This extended weekend we did three more or less intensive practise runs and hikes to prepare ourselves and test the equipment for this coming Friday’s Ut4M (Ultra Tour des 4 Massifs) race — we will not do the whole 160 on the four mountain ranges (Vercors, Oisans, Belledonne, Chartreuse), but […]