Marmotte 2006

[Maria David]

Cheers Sylv

Tamar and I went up to the Pic Blanc and also to the Lake during our stay.
The Lake was beautiful, though I would have said it was more Lac Vert than Lac Blanc - it had a very rich colour from the minerals on the lake bed.
From Pic Blanc we had views all around - Mont Blanc was shrouded in cloud, but the views were still spectacular.
Then we fooled around in the snow - Tamar particularly enjoyed the snowball throwing - a high point (literally) of our trip.

[Dr Frigo]

Really? That walk was a bit of a trek, with a few other lakes and "gardioles" smaller ponds on the way up, had a dip in the lowest one. I think my sister was actually more like 8-9 at the time, the end of the walk was very rocky!

Do you have any photos?

[Maria David]

Yeah, I took a few - will get them downloaded shortly.

Yeah, the walk was pretty rocky. We walked around a bit, but not that much as we took a telecabine to get around. Our legs were still a little sore to do loads of trekking !

[Dr Frigo]

Are we talking of the same Lac Blanc? The walk to mine started from a village called Névache, 10 miles North of Briançon.

Maybe you got to it from the other side of the mountain? There weren't any cable cars there at the time.

[Maria David]

It's the same place but approached from different sides.
The route we took was nearer to where we staying - on the Alpe d'Huez side. It was also the easier option (with cable cars etc) which suited us fine.

I would probably like to try the hike up from Briancon on a future occassion.