While there’s still a lot of snow at height on north slopes it is beginning to clear lower down. The rain and higher temperatures last week have cleared south slopes in particular. We headed to the small peak of La Riondaz which on the end of the line of peaks above Leysin with great views […]
It’s not like we’ve not been many times but this was the first time for the spring/summer season. It was one of the last ski days I got as well (Tour Famelon ski). We walked up from the chalet and did the circuit of the Famelon, fully expecting that there would be a lot of
La Pare is a peak on the ridge to the south of Les Diablerets and one I’d not been up before. Having a few hours free we made the climb up from Marnex which is a tiny hamlet high on the side of the valley. From the summit, there are great views over to the
Spring seems a little early this year, there visibly less snow on the ground than usual for the time of year. It seems to have had an impact on the flowers as well, there’s more variety and more in quantity. Although, the crocuses have largely gone at these heights now. The snow is pretty clear
It’s May and spring is on the way. There’s been some fresh snow over the last few days on the tops but it was onto the bare ground below 2000-2500m so it’ll soon melt in the spring sunshine. We took a stroll up to Refuge Mayen to see how much snow there was.
A few mixed snaps from around Leysin and Villars over the last two days, this is with a group over from the US. It’s been fun, climbing up fixed gear, kicking steps and sliding down snow. We went up to the top here in Leysin today, Truex and then the Tour de Famelon, from the
Some of our guests had been up in this area in the last day or so and reported there was still a lot of snow in some gullies so we decided to take a quick hike around and see. I think it’s probably the case that we were the first people to take this particular
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For the first and, what I hope is the last time, we were able to drive all the way up to Pierre du Moëllé on Christmas Day. There were a couple of small patches of snow and ice on the road but nothing that was a real obstacle. But, given these are the conditions we’ve
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Two different days and two different “tours”. On Friday we climbed our local via ferrata on the Tour d’Aï with the usual great, great views over lake Geneva. Having climbed via ferrata in Switzerland and the Dolomites I can honestly say our local route is one of the best. It’s K4 or DIFFICULT and is
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