Saturday, 10 April 2010
Richard and Pauline go for a snowshoe walk...
The sun has come out now after several days of heavy snow and so we had a wonderful time making our own trail through the deep snow between the trees on the Pleney circuit. Pleney has become our most popular walk with its varied terrain, great views and the fact that it isn't too steep or strenous!
Saturday, 27 March 2010
A Super Walk up Super-Morzine
After a week of blistering sunshine which practically melted all our snow away we were blessed with an April style dumping of snow. Phew! It snowed hard and fast today which meant no spectacular views but we did get that special feeling of being in a real Alpine environment you only get from being in a snowstorm!We were all up for a bit of exercise so we walked up from the top of the Super-Morzine gondola to the Col de Croix, then across the Tetras and Zore pistes to return to the gondola on the other side. Everyone had such a good time we decided to go out again tomorrow. Its been snowing hard ever since as well so tomorrow should be amazing!
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Thursday, 18 March 2010
Vallee de la Manche with Trevor and Lindsay
A spectacular day with glorious sunshine. It hasn't snowed for a while and the top layer has become quite crunchy but the views and the warm sun more than made up for that. The walk starts by winding gently up through the forest from l'Erigné past the chalets and the lac de Mine d'Or and on towards les Freterolles where there is a mountain hut open in the Summer. We stopped at the hut and admired the dramatic bowl which opens up as you approach. From here you can also see the Col de Coux which is a possible extension to this walk turning it into a full day.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Snowshoe walk behind Mont Chery

A new and exciting walk round the back of Mont Chery. Its a wild area with few ski lifts or roads. The walk ended at a lovely little cafe where we had lunch. We completed a full 5 hour circuit but there is also a smaller walk that can be done in the same valley. The walk traverses a steep sided valley with wonderful views of Roc d'Enfer and Praz de Lys.
Friday, 19 February 2010
A perfect walk round the Pleney circuit

An multi-generational snowshoe walk round Pleney with an extended Irish family. We had such fun today walking in a bigger group than normal. The weather was fantastic as unsual, the snow deep, the trees looking majestic...nice! Loads of great photos were taken, lots of hot chocolate was drunk and a good time was had by all.
Monday, 8 February 2010
The Super-Morzine ridge up to Avoriaz
A great walk across the top of the Super-Morzine ridge to Col de Joux Verte then dropping down into the wide plateau beneath Avoriaz village before ending up in Avoriaz itself. Lots of sunshine, lovely little tracks through the trees, great views into the Lindaret valley and the Ardoisiere valley.
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Monday, 1 February 2010
A spectacular walk with Lisa and Jamie

Loads of soft fresh powder, glorious sunshine and spectacular scenery. What more could we want? Another great circuit of the Pleney ridge (which is a golf course in summer by the way), some great photos and a wonderful day out was had by all.
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