Plan A was to go up Mont d’Or but it turned out that the Swiss Army were using the firing range on the flanks of the mountain. The summit, and ascent, were actually just outside the notified firing range but we didn’t want to be climbing up accompanied by gunfire! So, we decided to go […]
From the village it looked about 80% clear of snow to the summit of the Tour de Famelon so we set off from the chalet to see if we could get to the summit. Around 1900m there was still a fair amount of snow but we were able to kick steps and make a track
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We were joined yesterday by Graeme and David who are preparing for their International Mountain Leader assessment in a few weeks which is being held in this area for the second year running. We started off at a local fromagerie that we visit frequently to look at how traditional Gruyère cheese is made before heading
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