Mountain Lifestyle

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  • Éperon de LouLou, 5a (200m) Ceillac.

    Éperon de LouLou, 5a (200m) Ceillac.

    With an alarm around 05:30, it could have been considered a mountaineer’s alpine start, but this one felt far more luxurious. A wholesome breakfast in bed and a quick shower was far more agreeable that staggering around, bleary eyed in a mountain hut eating their traditional dried bread and jam. As such, we arrived feeling… Read more

  • Pra-Premier Via Ferrata

    Pra-Premier Via Ferrata

    Something a little bit different today – our first via Ferrata of the trip. There are a couple to go at in the valley up above Arvieux – we chose the more mellow of the two as that’s what we fancied for the day, but also it came into the shade quicker. We stopped off… Read more

  • Lac de Souliers

    Lac de Souliers

    After the heat of the day had mostly passed over, we drove up high to the Col D’Izoard in search of higher altitudes and their cooler temperatures as the skies began to cloud over. An hour walk from the just below the Col gets you to a small lake and some super views. Although the… Read more

  • A Journey to the Tete de la Cochoone (2667m)

    A Journey to the Tete de la Cochoone (2667m)

    The heat of the summer has meant that we’ve had to move up to higher altitudes to keep cool. Clare had found a fun looking route with only a 20m walk in from a car park at 2500m, however, on closer inspection of the map, it looked like the road to the Col de Furfande,… Read more

  • Two is One and One is None

    Two is One and One is None

    After the mental and physical exertion involved with our big climb the other day, we enjoyed a real ‘holiday morning’ at nearby Mt Dauphin. The old fort town is in walking distance of our chalet, so after waking up naturally, we threw on some clothes, walked over in the cool of the day and got… Read more

  • 10 Years of the Mountain Lifestyle Blog!

    10 Years of the Mountain Lifestyle Blog!

    It’s hard to believe, but it turns out that today marks the 10th Anniversary of the Mountain Lifestyle Blog! Ten years of adventures documented in an astonishing 2445 posts! I couldn’t help having a flick back though some of the journeys, climbs, rides and expeditions, as ten years seems like quite a momentous achievement. This… Read more

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