After a restful day meeting up with Stu in St Gervais while the weather was showery, things had dried up quickly enough for a explore up and over the col behind the house. The temperature was a pleasant mid twenties despite the cloudy skies and the meadows were ringing with the sound of cow bells!… Read more

An adventurous day climbing a route called ‘Voie Rodrigue (6a+ 300m), a 10 pitch rock climb up to the summit of Pointe de Sosay! Due to the heat, this looked to be a good choice due to it being mostly north facing, so in the cool shade for most of the day. It was a… Read more

Always exciting to be heading out climbing with new ropes! Our current ropes were becoming a bit stiff to handle, so we broke into a fresh set of 60m cords today for our chosen long route on the side of a peak called La Jallouvre. This time it was back up the hill to the… Read more

After yesterdays excursions along the high peaks, a shorter walk-in was voted for. Initially, we had thought of getting an early start on one of the sunny multi-pitch crags, but soon after hearing the alarm clock, a unanimous decision was made to go back to sleep and set out later to a shady crag! As… Read more

The peaks of the Petit Bargy and Grand Bargy dominate the view from the patio of our chalet. Both have adventurous long rock climbs on them, but both peaks are also accessible by foot, so day of exploration above our new local neighbourhood seemed to be in order. The ascent started in the peaceful village… Read more

A dramatic day up at the Col de la Colombiere in more ways than one! The fine weather prompted a reasonably, but not excessively early start that saw us walking up from the Col at 9am. Already it was warm and to have left it much later would have involved a much sweatier ascent through… Read more