by Womble | Sep 20, 2021 | Day Trips from Sainte Foy
Day 2/5 : 07 September 2021 Refuge du Mont Pourri to Refuge de Plaisance Distance: 15.03 km Vertical up: 661 m Vertical down: 854 m The grass was frosted this morning, confirming the chilly feel to the mountain air, even inside the tent. I had been toasty warm inside...
by Womble | Sep 20, 2021 | Day Trips from Sainte Foy
Day 1/5 : 06 September 2021 My front door to Refuge du Mont Pourri Distance: 21.83 km Vertical up: 1,683 m Vertical down: 834 m With everything packed and a large hearty breakfast consumed, I locked the door to my chalet and excitedly set off for five days of hiking,...
by Womble | Jun 29, 2021 | Safety on the Mountain, Touring in the French Alps
Camping on the Glacier du Géant, Mont Blanc : 13 June 2021 Every hour during the night I had peeked outside my tent to view the stars, which were impressively bright in the cloudless sky. And besides the excitement of camping on the glacier, the wind had picked up to...
by Womble | Jun 29, 2021 | Safety on the Mountain, Touring in the French Alps
Camping on the Glacier du Géant, Mont Blanc : 12 June 2021 Our adventure started with a lift in the Téléphérique de Aiguille du Midi which took us from Chamonix at 1,034 m up to the Aiguille du Midi at 3,842 m. We then took a breathtaking 5 km ride in the Télécabine...
by Womble | Jun 22, 2021 | What's New?
Sainte Foy Tarentaise : 22 June 2021 New Lift: This view will soon be changing! ‘Mon petit doigt me dit’ (literally, ‘my little finger told me’, but we might say ‘a little birdie told me’), that the long awaited new lift to service...
