(October 3, 2018) We took our moderately acrophobic friends to a mountain hike yesterday. We thought that Charmant Som (1867m) on Chartreuse would be a good compromise between ease of access, gentle slope, spectacular scenery, and lack of vertigo inducing drops or cliffs. We were right, but somewhat miscalculated the weather conditions. As the forecast for the town promised plenty of sun and the daytime temperatures well above +20C, we did not realize that on a higher altitude it could be significantly chillier this “early” in the Fall, and that it had already snowed on Charmant Som! However, it was only chilly in the strong wind where we left the car: once we started climbing on the sunny slope we got toasted quite quickly.

On our way back be drove via the museum of the monastery Grande Chartreuse and the cellars of Chartreuse in Voiron.