Col de Ayes et Mont Pravouta

Well, I'm finally getting back to blogging! These are some pictures from a hike we did on Sunday, August 30th. We started at Col du Coq, which is just up the hill behind our house in the Chartreuse mountains. We hiked up to the Col des Ayes, which is at the foot of the Dent de Crolles, then headed up Mont Pravouta at 1760 meters and back down to the Col du Coq.

CJ at the Col des Ayes, looking back down to the valley below where we live and across to the Belledone mtns.

Sheep at the Col des Ayes, the Dent de Crolles is in the background.

E with the Chartreuse mtns behind.

enjoying the view...

All day Piper was in the lead, he's really turning into a great little hiker!

the rest of the pack was trailing...

a little path through the woods

The crossroads and an encouraging sign, almost there!

Cruising past some hikers. I love passing the French all geared out in their fancy equipment and hiking sticks. I guess this was an older guy, but still, Piper's not even 3!!

The view from Mount Pravouta, this is looking over at the Dent de Crolles, which is 2063 meters, about 300 meters higher than Mount Pravouta.

The boys using the binoculars to check out things on the surrounding mountains.

View of the valley below that we came up and the Belledone mtns across the valley.

Panoramic views...

Heading back down...

racing down...

A very little hummingbird feeding on the thistles.

Still racing down...

Final view as we descended back down to the Col du Coq.

Parting view of the Dent de Crolles. The Col des Ayes is that little bare dip to the left of the rocky part of the dent. We plan to hike up the Dent de Crolles the first weekend in October if the weather's nice!