{"id":1652,"date":"2020-11-03T09:57:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T08:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2020-11-03T10:27:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T09:27:43","slug":"hiking-2-11-20-la-dole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/2020\/11\/03\/hiking-2-11-20-la-dole\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking – 2.11.20 – La D\u00f4le"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A short hike to take advantage of the warmer weather and get the CH contingent out on the hill, sadly missing our French chums in their second lockdown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of six assembled at La Givrine (1208m) to attempt an ascent of our local peak by a little-known route, via the Pointes de Fin Chateau and Po\u00e9le Chaud. Peter T’s luck held as he found the right combination of unmarked paths (to Paradise) up through remote woods to the ridge near the PdFC (1555m) emerging to sunlight and magnificent view. The clear air allowed views for miles and miles to far mountain horizons. We meandered up to the Pointe de Po\u00e9le Chaud (1628m) from where we spotted 5 chamois disporting themselves in the autumn light. A warm wind was blowing and Peter D was indeed brave to be up and about in his shorts (this is November !). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A traverse of the Col de Porte (1558m) allowed a final pull up to La D\u00f4le (1677m) from which the view was even more magnificent. We sat out of the wind by the huge golf ball eating sandwiches and supping the necessary beer and wine; Mervyn excelled himself by carrying a bottle of D\u00f4le to the summit of La D\u00f4le with not a drop passing his lips – he is attempting to achieve a dry November. Chilled white was followed by warmer reds (the D\u00f4le and a Montepulciano), a fine temperance hike for the rest of us – albeit the Scottish fluid was not in evidence. We raised a glass to absent friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After picking out distant peaks including the Matterhorn, we eventually gathered ourselves together for the relatively simple descent back down the ski run and forest trail to Couvaloup, then getting very close to the quiescent locked-down border, meandering in warming sun back to the cars at Givrine. An early return allowed time for chores, me to help with gardening and make a d\u00e9chetterie run. Attending : David C, Mark Watts, Mervyn, Peter D and Peter T, Rob. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We reach the ridge and the sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View from the ridge to the Alps on or way up to the Pointe de Po\u00e9le Chaud. (Colledge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking back to the Col de Porte and the Pointe de Po\u00e9le Chaud from the D\u00f4le ridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doling out D\u00f4le on La D\u00f4le by dry Mervyn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Usual shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Surveying paradise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Essential kit for a serious temperance hike. (Powell).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A short hike to take advantage of the warmer weather and get the CH contingent out on the hill, sadly missing our French chums in their second lockdown. A group of six assembled at La Givrine (1208m) to attempt an ascent of our local peak by a little-known route, via the Pointes de Fin Chateau … Continue reading “Hiking – 2.11.20 – La D\u00f4le”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hikes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1667,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions\/1667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}