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La Cîme du Diable

17 July 2021

So… After some health trouble that cut short our latest hike, my dad is now feeling better. But not up to anything too challenging, he needs something nice and easy. I have in mind the perfect hike. La Cîme du Diable (2685m) starting from the Pointe des 3 Communes (2078m).
A nice walk alongside the crest with views on the valleys on either side. We start early, catching the sun as it rises near the Reodute, old fortification from the late 1800’s. We walk quite a bit before choosing a beautiful spot for breakfast. And then, up we go to the Capelet Supérieur (2598m), the summit just ahead of the Cîme du Diable, which offers a great view on our objective. We make quicly the crest across to the Cîme du Diable to enjoy lunch at the summit, with view on the Gélas, Grand Capelet, Viso, Malédie.

We then head down towards the Pas du Trem (2480m), the more travelled path to do this summit, and from there, along some little lakes to the Pas du Diable (2430m) and the Baisse Cavalière (2104m) where we get back on the path we took to come. By curiosity, while my dad follow the path, a follow the crest, passing by the Cîme de Raus (2160m), heading down a field of flowers to reach the path that we follow all the way back to the Redoute.

After all, not that small a hike. It looks like that, going from 2078m to 2685m, but, the crest is not all straight, and it quickly adds up… 16km and about 1050m up and down. Not to bad!

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Cîme de l’Agnelière

7 July 2021

My dad does fill much better, and so we decide on another rather small hike, to keep building back those muscles and endurance. The night before this hike, I was feeling dizzy, walking a bit like a drunkard, almost losing my balance. When I wake up, and meet my dad in the living room before heading off, he asks So, are you ok?” I can only answer, “We’ll see…” (I certainly do not want to cancel this!)

Indeed, I still feel… Not so great. But, the worst is on flat or going down movement. So, as long as we go up, I am fine, and I figure that we will see when it is time to walk down…

Early start, “à la fraiche”, no one around, a hike totally off the beaten tracks. Not a huge summit, more like a “let’s start small, and build up our strength and confidence”, which seems adequate after our last aborted hike. The hike is a beautiful one though, especially at this time of year, with flowers blooming by the thousands. I make a mental note to do it again with D the following year. She will love it!

The view of the Gélas is amazing.

And, well, if you wonder, by the time we start doing some down hill walk, I have no ore signs of any dizziness. Fresh and clean air and exercise made it go away!

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Tête de la Ruine

1 August 2021

A day hike to la Tête de la Ruine. We saw it the previous year from la Cîme Guilié, it’s close neighbour, and I wanted to do it since. Early start at the parking of the Boréon (1690m), we follow “à la fraiche” the main track that goes towards the Refuge du Boréon, which we quit before its final climb in order to take a small valley north-west bound, in direction of the Cîme de Baissette, we also leave that track to go towards the Lacs Bessons (2550m) and have a breaky a bit before reaching them.
Then, it is a fun hike up, passing cliffs on a kind of a maze, up, right, down, left, right, up, up… The last bit is very treacherous and vertical before the summit (2981m). We have lunch there, as the clouds are closing in on us. We arrived a bit late for a clear view of the Gélas, and the French summits. Even the Argentera is only partially visible at times. We will have to come back!

We go back down, alternating our route for better spots, and then going to the Refuge du Boréon, to make it more like a loop than a back and forth. A very demanding hike, very hard on the joints, especially with all those boulders and slippery slopes!

Beautiful non the less.
To do: go up la Tête de la Ruine, then down, but only a tiny bit, aiming for la Cîme Guilié (and a swim in that little beautiful like in the rocks near the summit), then, back down. Or, if we are in for a ride, we could even follow that by la Cîme du Mercantour, with or without a night somewhere.

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Montezuma Falls

DSC0619718 January 2017

Our main destination today is Montezuma Falls, one of the tallest in Tasmania.

A short walk which follows an old train tracks, in the middle of the rainforest, leads to it. Green overdose. The forest is luxuriant, lush, vibrant. Water is sipping everywhere, feeding this green giant carpet.

The waterfall is really tall. Lost high above us, a ridge far from our reach.

We then keep driving South, slightly West, and pass near the old mining site of Iron Blow which offer interesting colors of rocks and lake. And we finish in a camping site by the cold and beautiful Burbury lake.

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Notre destination principale aujourd’hui est l’une des plus grande cascade de Tasmanie: Montezuma Falls.

Une petite marche d’approche qui suit une ancienne voie de chemin de fer y mène, au beau milieu d’une forêt luxuriante. Une overdose de vert. La forêt est vibrante, riche, charnue. L’eau est partout, nourrissant ce tapis vert géant.

La cascade est vraiment grande, son sommet perdu loin là-haut, inaccessible.

L’après-midi, on repart, continuant vers le sud-est, et on passe près de l’ancienne exploitation minière de Iron Blow, qui offre une terre stérile aux couleurs étonnantes. Nous finirons dans une petit camping près du très beau (et très froid) lac Burbury.