The strict lockdown restrictions under which we have been for a month were lifted today: the radius from home within which we are allowed to do any (individual) outdoor activity was increased from one kilometer to twenty, and the time limit from one hour to three hours. So, we did […]
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 […]
This past Sunday (11.10) we went for another scenic hike on Eastern balcony of the Vercors range (11km in 3h 45mins, D+/D- 720m). Once again we miscalculated the effect of strong wind on a higher and somewhat exposed altitude. When we started in Prélenfrey (Le Gua) at 11am. it was […]
There are something called Sept Merveilles du Dauphiné (Seven Wonders of Dauphiné); they are natural or man-made sites or monuments of special interest or significance located in the historic Dauphiné region (in Isère department). On today’s hike we visited the sixth one ( see the list below for the first […]
Another weekend getaway took us to the charming town of Le Puy-en-Velay in Haute-Loire department, about 200 kilometers west of Grenoble. When driving there we had quite a variable weather from sunshine to constant rain with occasionally heavy downpour, but at the time we reached Le Puy the rain had […]
Let us see if this past weekend was what is left of the Summer in the French Alps. This week is expected to bring a lot of rain and temperature drop of 15° Celsius, even snow below 1000m of altitude! What a Summer it has been! The whole corona virus […]
In August we toured Loire river valley on bicycles for almost three weeks (including driving there and back), altogether 800 kilometers in 14 days of riding. Because of a glitch on my Google Drive account I have not been able to download all the photos from the drive, so I […]
Next week we are leaving for another bike tour in Central France. Today we did a short (37.4km, 3h) recreational practice ride exploring the new bike path along the river Drac, South of Grenoble. It was a very comfortable ride, but we wish there would have been more picnic spots […]
Another visit to the ghost ski station of Saint-Honoré 1500. The previous one was on winter last year when we started a hike to Lac-de-Charlet (1921m) but had to turn back because of the icy snow conditions. Today’s hike was nothing like that. Of course it wasn’t since we are […]