Walks 2008
This page includes tracks and photos for walks with friends and family in 2008. Use the menu at the top of the page to display Walks with the Horizons group, walks for other years, and for maps which group tracks by mountain range.
Note: the figures for accumulated climb in the "Walk profile and statistics" are not always accurate, due to an incorrect GPS setting.
Where indcated, a selection of photos for a track can be displayed at the point they were taken (button 'KML Photos' bottom left of 'track page)Walks 2008
- 9-Nov-08: Vercors - Gorge du Bruyant
(890m), starting from Lance-en-Vercors (1020m), 15.4km, with Benjamin
and Myléna
After crossing a meadow, the path descends steeply to the Gorge du Furon, which we followed to the entrance to the Gorge du Bruyant. The path then follows the river up to a waterfall, where there are the ruins of an old mill. Then the path goes up a bit more steeply to get back to the plateau. A bit further on arrives at a good viewpoint, the Bec de l'Aigle, which overlooks the gorges. My GPS lost the satellite signals at some points in the gorges, and I had to fix up the track; even after doing this, some bits of the recording are clearly incorrect. - 21-Sep-08: Chartreuse - Cirque de St
Même and the Source du Guieres Vif, 8.2km, with Benjamin and
Myléna
Similar to the walk with William 9-May-08, except that we followed the path, equipped with cables and a metal bridge, right into the cavern of the Source du Guieres Vif, and descended via the rather tricky path through the Pas Ruat, which passes through a tunnel also equipped with cables and rails. My GPS seems to have had a hard time keeping track in the cavern and tunnel, because the recorded track is a bit odd
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track, with a selection of photos
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- 27-Aug-08: Chartreuse - Col
de Bellefont and Lance Sud de Malissard, starting from Les Essarts
(1418m), 14.6km, with Timothée
We made a slight mistake early on in the walk, which meant that we climbed up unnecesarily high to the Gite de la Scia (abt 1700m) before having to descend to about 1500m and then climb up again to the Collet de Maupasset (abt 1560m), then down the other side, up the valley to the Col de Saulce (1481m) before starting the climb up to the Cabane de Bellefont (1638m) and then a steeper climb to the Col de Bellefont (1902m). We then had quite a scramble up a steep rocky slope to get to the Lance Sud de Malissard (2020m). - Walk
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- 3-Aug-08: Vercors - Pas
de Bellecombe, La Molière, 14.4km, with Benjamin. Myléna &
Timothée
The ascent is fairly long but not too steep. Fine views of the surrounding mountains from the crest, including the eastern ridge of the Vercors, the Belledonne range, with the Oisans behind, and the Chartreuse mountains to the north. After passing the Pas de Bellecombe, one descends a little to the alpine pastures of La Molière, following a fairly flat path for several kms before taking a path back up to the ridge and then a gentle, but longish, descent to Le Truc.
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- 23-Jul-08: Belledonne - Lac
de Crop, 10.3km, with Timothée
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- 18-Jul-08: Chartreuse - Col
des Ayes and Pravouta, 5.1km
This was a short walk because it was already early afternoon when I started out, but it gave me the opportunity to test my new GPS. I'd previously done a snowshoe walk to the Habert de Pravouta and Col de Pravouta.
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- 26-Jun-08: Vercors - From Gève
(5km north of
Autrans) to Bec de l'Orient, via Pas de la Clè, 9.7km
A fairly gentle climb up to Pas de la Clé, and then the path follows a crest at the top of cliffs, with some spectacular views down the sheer cliff faces. Unfortunately, there was quite a bit of cloud for much of the time.
- 9-May-08: Chartreuse - Walk to the Cirque
de Saint
Même, 4.5km, with William
A fairly short walk around the waterfalls, which I'd already done a couple of times (once with my sisters Heather and Grace) but this time we went a bit higher up to the 'Grotte du Guiers Vif'. - Profile for the walk (obtained using Géorando)
- Photos from the walk
- 2-May-08: Chartreuse - Walk to
l'Emeindras de dessus
and Col de la Faita, 6.4km
This is a walk (with variants) that I've done many times, since it's close to home, doesn't take too long and nevertheless has some fine views. The alpine meadow of l'Emeindras de dessus is always full of flowers, and at this time of year there were wild daffodils, crocuses, primroses, and many more whose names I don't know. There was still quite a bit of snow in places sheltered from the sun, even though the walk never gets above 1500 metres. - 8-Mar-08: Chartreuse - Snowshoe hike
from Col de Porte to Le Montfromage, 7.6km, with Benjamin
and Myléna
Similar to the walk on 19-Jan-08, except that we descended by a slightly different route - 12-Feb-08: Chartreuse - From the Col du Granier to
Pointe de la Gorgeat, 6.9km
Hike partly in snowshoes (there wasn't much snow in some parts). Following are for planned walk.
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- 7-Feb-08: Belledonne - Snowshoe
hike from Roche
Beranger (ski station) to Lac Achard and Col de La Botte, 9.8km
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- 24-Jan-08: Chartreuse - Snowshoe hike
from
Col
du Coq to Col de Pravouta, via the Habert de Pravouta, 6.9km
I had some problems with my GPS - for some reason some parts of the walk didn't get recorded. So I interpolated these bits using my cartography software.
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- 19-Jan-08: Chartreuse - Snowshoe trip
from Col
de Porte to Le Montfromage, 9.8km
Altitudes: max 1670m. min 1220m
The photos are again of pretty poor quality - this time, I forgot to take my camera with me, so the photos were taken with my mobile phone. - Walk
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- 10-Jan-08: Chartreuse - Walk at Le Sappey, 4.5km
It was meant to be a hike in snowshoes, but there wasn't much snow so most of it was just a walk.
My GPS device claims I walked 5.0km, rather than the 3.43 km in the profile, but that's perhaps because I made a few deviations. The kml file from Google Earth gives a length of 2.8 mi, approx 4.50 km.- Walk
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- profile for the intended walk, generated using Géorando
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