First day of 2008 in Auris-en-Oisans

Hello again,

Well, if the last day of the year 2007 we were skiing, the very first day of 2008 we were snowshoeing. we decided to do a three-hour walk in the neighborhood of Auris-en-Oisans, the village where we were hosted by our freinds.

We climbed-up a nice path which was too much walked, and the snow shoes had not use there. After a while, our path left the main way and we had to wear the snowshoes from there on. The path lead us to the Col Cluy. There we ate a morsel and we continued across the slope of the Grandes Buffes. We reached the cabin of Perchon, at 1834 m, and there we had a nice lunch with views to the Gorges de l'Infernet, in the valley of the river Romanche, the ski station of Deux Alpes and the Oisans mountain range.

We climb down pretty fast, across the snowy slopes. It was a lovely day with plaint of sunshine and wonderful views. Nice way to start the New Year!!

More pictures are available in our Picassa site.

Cheers,
-Manu & Nina-

Last Day of 2007 in Alpe d'Huez

Hello everybody,


This end of the year it has been really especial. We've been with our friends in the mountains, in the village of Auris-en-Oisans, just by the ski station of Alpe d'Huez, in the mountain range of les Grandes Rousses. We were two nights in the village and we spent with them the New Year's Eve.



The last day of the year, we were skiing in Alpe d'Huez. Auris-en-Oisans is a sub-domain of the big ski station. The slopes in Auris are great, with lovely views. We nevertheless crossed to the other side of the valley and joined the Alpe d'Huez slopes. We took the cable-car to the Pic Blanc, summit of the station with 3330 m. The view is awesome from there! Among many others (Mont Blanc included) we were happy to see, from the distance, other summits were we have been last summer (see earlier posts), like la Croix de Belledonne or le Pic de la Mas de la Grave... or even the Lac Lauvitel.

Very nice day, for a great goodbye to 2007. As usual, more pictures can be seen here.

Cheers,
-Manu & Nina-