Hiking, flying, swimming, caving...

We had an excellent time this summer in the beautiful Chartreuse mountains ! A few pictures here.       

Olympus MZ 12-50, 12mm, f/9.0, 1/500, iso200

For those who like wildness and are not afraid to follow vertiginous paths, I would recommend the following 1-day hiking tour around the 'Dent de Crolles'.

-> park at 'Col du Coq' and follow the GR9 up to 'Trou du Glaz'
-> put a warm coat and go for a 1 hour exploration inside this cave - don't forget your flashlights ;)
-> then continue GR9 and, just before reaching the 'Pas du Glaz', take left and follow the vertiginous 'Sangle de la Barrère'
-> after 1/2h of walk, don't miss the 'Arche à l'Aiguille' inside which you can climb
-> pursue the 'Sangle' north-east and then go up east through trees to join the north side of the plateau of the 'Dent de Crolles' (here be quite if you want to have a chance to see the tens of chamois living there!!)
-> join back the GR9 and walk north
-> turn right and join the 'Cheminée du Paradis' (nice climbing)
-> then follow the crest (impressing view!) up to 'Pas de Rocheplane' (where the above picture was taken)
-> and finally go down for a long and steep walk to the 'Source du Sanglier' and then to Saint-Hilaire du Touvet (this is where we had our basement).

What a day ;)