Nice pics Ned, they make me nostalgic! I am from Briancon originally btw so I am biased 😉 Oh and yes, the Tourmente is a great local beer brewed by the Alphand family in l’argentiere (Luc was a world cup champ). Refuge du Chardonnet?
couple pics from Japan (my new home away from home) I took yesterday:
Local mountain fattened with untold amounts of J-Pow
Sketch zone
The Obligatory local wildlife (Kamoshika):
I even took a shakey vid of the little guy: [youtube:2yzqh2fk]_p4xj_8jv1E[/youtube:2yzqh2fk]
money shot! When I see pics like that, I think we should get a SB.com calendar going for this year-end with the best pics of the year gone by (to be voted upon)!
Some amazing pics on here. Need to go back to page 1 and start again, take some time!
SerreChe, Love the 1st one. Something about deciduous trees and snow covered mountains… Looks like a picture from a fairy tale book!
Yup, 1st one was the Chardonnet, Started in Nevache, up to the Chardonnet, Tour de Queyrellin then back up to the Buffere. Mini tour in the morning, then hightailed it for the ferry, would have been great to have the time to stick around, there was a north face up there that would have been awesome. Didn’t have the time… Will be back, though!
Great stuff Ned! I thought the area looked familiar. I do a lot of fishing / hiking in that area during the summer. If you’re bored here are some links with pictures of that area in the summer. You’ll recognize the chardonnet in one of the links.