It has been a long time … and nothing really has happened. After a miserable Spring (weather-wise) the Summer has finally arrived; the daytime temperatures rise almost to +30°C, but mornings are still cool and comfortable. This is nice after so many cloudy weeks and a lot of rain; early […]
Three weeks into the third lockdown, and we have hiked probably in all river valleys on the Western slopes of the Belledonne range that are within about 10 kilometers from us. Yesterday’s hike (8.4km in 2h 43mins, D+/D- 450m) took us from the village of St-Mury-Monteymond to Le Croix De […]
We can’t believe it has been only one week since the third lockdown started. So, here we were again yesterday trying to figure out where to go hiking within the 10-kilometer radius from home. We picked Theys on the other side of the valley a bit further north from us […]
This winter has been quite grim in this valley, mostly cloudy and rainy, very unlike the previous ones. So, once the weather forecast promised some sun for this Monday we decided to take the day off and go hiking, which we have not done much because of the weather, but […]
Low hanging clouds above Grenoble this morning made us feel literally locked down. So, we tried to find the closest hiking destination with a chance to get above the clouds. We drove to Revel on Belledonne at about 700 meters, but we were still in the clouds. We continued to […]
We wanted to take advantage of the great year-end weather and reasonably good skiing conditions, and booked a weekend in Alpe du Grande Serre, a small ski resort at the altitude of 1368 meters in Isère department. The daily newspaper’s ski report promised that all of their 20/20km of cross […]
We have recovered very well from last Sunday’s marathon in Berlin. We had planned to hike to this 300-year-old oak tree since we recently learned that just last year it was added to the list of the most remarkable trees in France. It stands alone on the top of the […]
For several weeks now daytime temperatures in Grenoble and Gresivaudan valley have climbed between +30 and +40 degrees of Celsius. Fortunately the nights and mornings have still been cool, but it is all changing now; the nights are warmer and the days even hotter. This past weekend (July 27-29) we […]
This weekend was probably one of the last chances, if not the last, to go skiing around here. Even if there is still quite a bit of snow, like in Chamrousse today, the skiing stations will be closing in early April. We had to climb quite high to reach the […]