On April 12th three
friends and I went out on a three day hut to hut in the Thabor massif (french southern
alps) that took us in to Italy where we never missed the opportunity to eat or
drink something or other…
There were four of us:
Laurent, Jean Marc, frank and myself.
We left Annecy at a reasonably comfortable 8 am and took a three
hour long “road trip” south through the tunnel of Fréjus into Italy via Bardonecchia and then back into France driving towards our departure valley: Vallée
de la Clarée
and the village
of Névache Italy
Below is our route
with day 1 in
black, day 2 in
yellow and the last day in red (click to enlarge):
Topo map: 3535OT (French IGN reference)
Dominating direction: Day 1: NW – Day 2: NE then SE –
Day 3: NW then S
Starting elevation: 1603m
Hut elevation: Day 1: 2185m, day 2: 1780m
Pass elevations :
Day 2: 2828 – Day 3: 2645m
Access by car:
From Annecy drive south
through Albertville then onto St Pierre la Maurienne towards Modane
till the tunnel of Féjus. In Italy pass Bardonecchia and follow the signs to France
Here are some pictures of day 1, I'll post the more interesting days 2 & 3 shortly (click to enlarge):
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| Last preparations in the parking lot at Névache by my new "skimobile" |
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| From left to right: Laurent, Frank and Jean Marc |
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| Things are getting serious - no more kidding around... |
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| Laurent crossing that bridge when he got there... |
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| In the center a tasty looking line that I may have top come back for... |
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| To infinity and beyond... The first day is all work: 10 miles and no skiing, it sure felt like infinity. |
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| Finally! Refuge des Drayères in sight |
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| Jean Marc and Laurent arriving to the hut |
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| Sunset on the valley, this was taken from the hut's deck |
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| G'night - Yours truly, hobbit feet and all... |
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