This was again one of those hikes that go up, up, up and then down, down, down, and one can’t take the eyes off of the trail — otherwise one risks tripping or twisting an ankle. Supposedly easy (according to several sources) this hike was nice but somewhat tedious (11.6K […]
Recently our local newspaper advertised their magazines on hiking and biking trails in our department and the neighboring ones. I bought two issues that cover Isère, Drôme, Ardeche, Vaucluse, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Hautes-Alpes, and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (not so neighboring one, though). The information covered about the trails includes a short description of […]
While the 2021 ended with the worst weather ever, the 2022 started with the best possible; for he whole January it was mostly sunny with nice winter-like temperatures. We rushed to book our week-long winter/skiing vacation in Serre Chevalier valley in Hautes-Alpes before the school vacations started, and we were […]
This was a very easy hike (10.6K in 3h, D+/D- 391m), with nice views. The wind was chilly, but it got quite warm when the sun came out. Usually we start vacations like this with easier hikes and then move on to more challenging ones. This time it was nice […]
Villages of Saint-Martin-Cantalès This was an easy and more scenic hike (11.15K in 3h 10mins, D+/D- 308m) starting from the little village of Saint-Martin-Cantalès, and passing through or by several others. There are no pictures of them since they basically consisted of just one or two houses, and there was […]
Aurillac As usual, we spent the first day exploring the town we were based in. Aurillac, the capital of the Cantal department, is known for various things, such as being the Historic umbrella capital of France (half of the umbrellas produced in 1999 were made there), and its Cheese Center, […]
We just came back from a two-week vacation of which we spent the first week hiking in the Mounts of Cantal in the mid-west of the Massif Central, having the base in Aurillac, and the second week driving home, stopping on our way at various places for scenic hikes, mainly […]
It is the time for another post of our hiking holidays in the French Alps. This is mainly just to share pictures, since nothing exciting happened during those hikes; we barely saw another human being during them. The most thrilling events were the goat encounter on the second day, and […]
The weather forecast promised clouds in the morning, but then clear skies in the afternoon, at least at the altitude, so we returned to the scenic and colorful Eastern slopes of the Vercors range. We chose a trail starting from Col de l’Arzelier (1154m) towards Pas de la Balme that […]