Just been in the Cévennes - a little bit boring to be honest... But shall be in Ref. du Saut in September! So thanks for the primer and preview, with luck some wildflowers will still be around.
10 days - tour des glaciers de la Vanoise plus a bit. (Are there still any glaciers?) Ref. du Saut on the way to one of the mountains made of gypsum cos that seems really weird - Crête du Mont Charvet - and out to Courchevel.
I saw that route come up a few times when looking up maps and peaks—looking forward to hearing about it! I think there are still glaciers in some form…
Thank you, thank you for the wonderful photos of wildflowers and your engaging article. I've been thinking that if I ever make it to France again, that I'm more interested in visiting parks like these and seeing places in nature than visiting cities. Are you aware of any places that have old growth forests or ancient trees?
Thanks so much for reading! I have the same thought about my last summer living in the French Alps, there's just so much unique nature. That's a good question about old growth forests, I'm afraid that's not a strong suit of France (or western Europe in general). But I did find this: https://www.europeanbeechforests.org/world-heritage-beech-forests/france/grand-ventron
Just been in the Cévennes - a little bit boring to be honest... But shall be in Ref. du Saut in September! So thanks for the primer and preview, with luck some wildflowers will still be around.
Nice! I’m sure you’ll at least get some incredible mountains either way. Are you doing a big walk?
10 days - tour des glaciers de la Vanoise plus a bit. (Are there still any glaciers?) Ref. du Saut on the way to one of the mountains made of gypsum cos that seems really weird - Crête du Mont Charvet - and out to Courchevel.
I saw that route come up a few times when looking up maps and peaks—looking forward to hearing about it! I think there are still glaciers in some form…
Thank you, thank you for the wonderful photos of wildflowers and your engaging article. I've been thinking that if I ever make it to France again, that I'm more interested in visiting parks like these and seeing places in nature than visiting cities. Are you aware of any places that have old growth forests or ancient trees?
Thanks so much for reading! I have the same thought about my last summer living in the French Alps, there's just so much unique nature. That's a good question about old growth forests, I'm afraid that's not a strong suit of France (or western Europe in general). But I did find this: https://www.europeanbeechforests.org/world-heritage-beech-forests/france/grand-ventron
Thank you for this...such a gift of beauty.
My pleasure! Thanks for reading!
What a wonderful experience for you Anne and a lovely insight for us.
Merci
Judy
My pleasure!