View of Mt Blanc Massif, originally uploaded on flickr. Take a break from the pistes, and get out into the wilderness on snow shoes. There are many trails (some maintained, others more adventurous) in the Haute Savoie and immediate Chamonix area for snow shoeing. Even when the avalanche level is high and the pisted skiing [...]
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En Raquette – Snow Shoe Adventures in the French Alps!
Posted in Chamonix, Natural World, tagged Alps, Chamonix, France, French Alps, raquette, Snow shoe, Snow shoeing, winter hiking on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mont Buet from Sixt Fer a Cheval
Posted in Alpine Tourism (outside Chamonix), General Mountaineering, Natural World, tagged Alps, Cirque des Fonts, France, French Alps, Haute Savoie, Mont Buet, Sixt Fer a Cheval on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ridge to summit, originally uploaded to Flickr. This is a beautiful two day hike from near the town of Sixt Fer a Cheval (near Morzine and not far from Chamonix) best suited for strong hikers. The first night was a relatively short ascent with 1050m of height gain to a mountain hut above Sixt at [...]
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