Alpine Break

This is a great walk starting in the splendour of the hidden valley of the Escreins. It is a deep and green valley, lined on either side by dramatic and colourful limestone cliffs and crested by tormented and jagged peaks. It is this wild remoteness coupled with the lack of any permanent inhabitants in this valley that gives the place its mythical qualities. The sides of the valley are lined with battalions of Larch, Scots pine, Arolla pine and Spruce, which when coupled with the great variety of flora and fauna explain why this area was one of the first natural reserves created in France in 1964. Read the rest of this entry »

It was a pretty grim and overcast Sunday for a change. Emma, Ollie and I went for a small walk from the car park at the end of the hidden Val d’Escreins up past the Cabane des Chalances to where the path crosses the river up at La Gourre. Read the rest of this entry »