Summer time in Vercors

It is already an autumn. Summer has passed so quickly, but left some nice souvenirs to remember during the cold and rainy weather. Enjoy it!

 

 

Spring in south of Vercors

End of the april, while the north side of Vercors is still covered by the snow, in the south part you can start to enjoy beautiful spring blooming! 
This time photos were taken in the south of Vercors, near the town called "Die" (Drôme department).

Husky dog sledding in Méaudre

End of the January in Méaudre in the Vercors, took place the national dog-sledding championship. This year 19-20 january, happened 13th championship. For the 13th edition, this unique race in the Vercors invited to enjoy a fabulous 4-legged athletes, such as the Nordic dogs. More than 400 dogs were confronted on the route of 25 to 50 km, depending on the teams. (2 to 12 dogs). This race of sledding dogs is an important event as it takes place of National Championship Middle Distance and Long Distance FFPTC.  (French Federation of Pulka and sledding Dogs).
     The Dog Sledding is appeared in the Vercors in 1937 as a means of circulation during storm days (La Chapelle-en-Vercors). In the years of '50s, Gerald Taylor starts the activity with a team of huskies repatriated from Terre Adélie in Antarctica. He crisscrosses the Vercors finding a route through north-south. The first professional develop output with dogs was to carry food for the skiers. Quickly, leads of the team appears for the public demand. The activity structure is under the leadership by professionals (Vassieux-en-Vercors and Autrans).
The Vercors is now a major area in France to manage dogsledding.

 

Evening snow beauty ( Le Balcon de Villard)

Lans en Vercors

Lans en Vercors is a cozy mountain town of the department of Isère, Rhône-Alpes region, located in a protected natural area ( Regional park Vercors). Its altitude varies from 1020 m to 1983 m. Lens, Leins, Lans, are variously spelled as established by Cassine maps and Bourdet, was long time the administrative center, located in the hamlet of Peuil, territory named as Quatre Montagnes.
Originally largest village in the valley, Lans is gradually gave the first place to what was a village before: Villard-de-Lans.
This demographic domination original Lans is true in the etymology of the neighboring villages. And Villard-de-Lans literally means "the farm of Lans" and other village Autrans means as "off Lans ", that is to say" beyond the Lans ".
Since May 9, 1947, Lans took its current name Lans-en-Vercors.
Today Lans-en-Vercors is a quiet village but with dynamic hosting; each summer season having sport or cultural events. And in August 2008 was held the fourth European Congress of Speleology, in the largest gathering VERCORS 2008, organized by the French Federation of Speleology and caving Federation of the European Union.
Currently Lans-en-Vercors has population of  2 684 people, to compare with population in Villard de Lans of 4 277 people in 2012.  
Lans en Vercors has: two downhill ski areas: Les montagnes de Lans and le Massif de l'Aigle and also two areas of cross-country skiing: Les Alliéres and Le Val-de-Lans.

 

Snow in autumn(29.10.2012)

This year snow came so unexpected, it was about 1 meter deep in Villard de Lans area, after one night of snowfall.  Probably it be will melted very soon, but for the moment we enjoyed the sun and snow!

 

Golden Col de Rousset

Golden autumn in Vercors

When golden autumn coming to the Vercors, standing on the mountain top, you can see amazing sceneries when all the forest leaves are changed into gold and red colors. 
"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower".  ~Albert Camus

 

Festiv'Air - Villard de Lans

Villard-de-Lans, in the department of Isère,  organizes every year a big party of the air balloons - Festiv'air. This year festival was celebrating its 5th edition on 29 and 30 September 2012.  

Many activities for the families were available:
- A collection of more than 20 balloons
- Flight demonstrations of mini balloons
- Shows kites of the world (Indonesia, Japan, Europe)
- Release Brazilian balloons
- A wind garden
- Workshops to build kites
- Introductory workshops about the paragliding
In addition was planned the grand spectacle of balloons, this edition would be the first time of an airship above the village. But, unfortunately, this year, the weather conditions were too bad for this spectacle. So only friday evening, day before festival, was possible to see some of the balloons above the village.

 And more photos:

First snow in september

Yesterday night ,started from the altitude 1700m, fell the first snow.

  

La Petite Moucherolle

Grand and Petite Moucherolles

Petite Moucherolle ( 2156m) is located just near Grand Moucherolle (2284m). It is more visible from the south side, the village Corrençon en Vercors. 
Today topic is dedicated to the itinerary from the Corrençon village till Petite Moucherolle.
The route started from the ski resort point "Clos de la Baume", which is located at the altitude of 1230 m. 

 





    The itenerary time is about 2.5 - 3 hours, one direction. It is better to take this road when the weather is good and dry, as stones and ground could be slidy, making the climbing up too difficult. The gain is quite similar during all the way, just at the end of the way it is became a little bit difficult.

 

Way to Petite Moucherolle marked with the black

Video of the day

The best video about the Vercors, mountain activities and the nature..Enjoy it!

 

Col de Rousset

     The Col de Rousset is located in the heart of the Vercors and its altitude varies from 1254 to 1700 meters in the winter and in the summer from 1255 to 2341 meters (Grand Veymont). Col de Rousset belongs to the  Drôme department, the village of Rousset on which the col belongs to, is the municipality of Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors. It allows to access to another department -Die through a tunnel located at 1254 meters altitude and  which having a length of 769 m. Col de Rousset is more popular place for many cyclists and hikers in the summer than skiers for the winter time. 

You can also have special climbing places for very beginners.

Lakes: Lac de la Moucherolle & Lac du Pré

 Lake du Pré is located at the altitude of 1536 m and is the closest to the ski station Cote2000. It's takes about 20 minutes by taking the telecabin Cote 2000, or 1 hour walk from the Glovettes. The lake surface is about 0,01 square kilometers and 8m deep. It is strictly forbidden to swim here.

 

Lake de la Moucherolle is situated at an altitude of 1916m, just at the foot of the pic "Grand Moucherolle". It is accessible in 120 minutes from the arrival station of the telecabin Cote 2000, or about 3 hours from the bottom station of Cote2000. The surface of the lake is about 0.02 square kilometres, 12m deep and full of fish. It is forbidden to swim here, but allowed to fish. 

Photos from this weekend

Following direction Le Chambaran & Malleval en Vercors, can meet during the way very nice landscapes..

Fog,fog..so scary and amazing

Morning  fog over the Vercors plateau is quite common weather condition during all the year. Fog can form so suddenly, and can dissipate just as rapidly, depending on the temperature and wind. Fog is like a playground of imagination. Eyes can seem to play tricks on us when we can imagine seeing things just beyond our visibility that frighten us. 

Enjoy some amazing photos of the fog over the mountains and forests in Vercors.