{"id":4117,"date":"2023-05-26T17:01:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T16:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/?p=4117"},"modified":"2023-06-27T08:55:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T07:55:32","slug":"hike-from-col-du-marchairuz-to-mont-tendre-and-buvette-de-mont-tendre-and-back-may-25th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/2023\/05\/26\/hike-from-col-du-marchairuz-to-mont-tendre-and-buvette-de-mont-tendre-and-back-may-25th-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Hike from Col Du Marchairuz to Mont Tendre and Buvette De Mont Tendre and back. May 25th\u00a02023."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written by Rob Pashley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan was to start walking at 10am from the Col,\u00a0and ten adventure-minded members turned up on time for a quick coffee at the restaurant before moving off. Our favourite parrot was unfortunately missed as it was having a rest at the home of one of the restaurant servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter D, Mervyn P, Andrew N, David C, Mike M, Mark Warren, Richard S, Richard W and Robert P. \u00a0Richard W, Ralph W\u00a0and\u00a0myself\u00a0set off on the dot in true Swiss style. As is usually the case with hikes or indeed snow-shoe outings led by our Scottish leader, as soon as we started the clouds disappeared and the sun shone for the rest of the\u00a0day. It wasn\u2019t long before most were disrobing to cope better with the rising temperature.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"336\" src=\"http:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image.jpeg 384w, https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-300x263.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 85vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"328\" src=\"http:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-1.jpeg 370w, https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-1-300x266.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 85vw, 370px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>We managed to stay together for about a third of the way to the Buvette two of the group decided to take the official route at the\u00a0Cabane du\u00a0Cunay\u00a0while the rest of us tried a much longer shortcut. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4121\" width=\"525\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2.jpeg 692w, https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2-300x148.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequently,\u00a0those who knew better had to climb over a\u00a0numbers of walls\u00a0and cover some rough terrain and we ended up\u00a0with three separate groups, with the leader leading diligently\u00a0from the rear.\u00a0It was a bit of a climb reaching the top of Mont Tendre\u00a0at 1679 m and the three groups came together again\u00a0for\u00a0fabulous\u00a0views into forested France and the\u00a0Alps.\u00a0Two of the team were sent on to the Buvette\u00a0so ensure a suitable table was found and the beers were\u00a0already in the fridge waiting\u00a0while the rest of us admired some high-tech Swiss German mountain bikes\u00a0resting at the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Buvette was very\u00a0welcoming \u00a0and\u00a0all heartily\u00a0tucked in to mainly\u00a0Rosti\u00a0based\u00a0meal\u00a0with\u00a0added\u00a0cheese extra eggs\u00a0and sausage, however the\u00a0waitress\u00a0was having quite a difficult time keeping up with the beer order. But we\u00a0all\u00a0managed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"http:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-5.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-5-300x135.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-5-768x346.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After some traditional toasting\u00a0with some Scottish liquid and some Danish stuff\u00a0(that some suggested had some\u00a0strange sexual connotations)\u00a0and dire coffee,\u00a0we paid the young lady of the Buvette and\u00a0started off on the 8k or so hike back to the cars. The temperature had\u00a0risen\u00a0and it turned out to be a slightly more difficult and longer\u00a0return route, although we all kept to the official paths.\u00a0The quality of the chat, though, diminished as tiredness fell upon us, or maybe it was just the beer as the few that weren\u2019t drinking\u00a0beer seemed to talk more sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of the team held us back at the re-visit to the summit of&nbsp;Mont Tendre&nbsp;having&nbsp;some&nbsp;polite conversation with two young ladies.&nbsp;They eventually caught up with the rest of us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the advantages of starting a hike at\u00a0Marchairuz\u00a0is that you can relax at the restaurant at the end of a hard\u00a0day\u2019s\u00a0hike.\u00a0We took some\u00a0well-earned\u00a0refreshment\u00a0there while congratulating ourselves on\u00a0our hiking prowess, amongst other things.\u00a0After all, it was a 16.8 km, 734 m d\u00e9niv hike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Rob Pashley The plan was to start walking at 10am from the Col,\u00a0and ten adventure-minded members turned up on time for a quick coffee at the restaurant before moving off. Our favourite parrot was unfortunately missed as it was having a rest at the home of one of the restaurant servers. Peter D, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/2023\/05\/26\/hike-from-col-du-marchairuz-to-mont-tendre-and-buvette-de-mont-tendre-and-back-may-25th-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hike from Col Du Marchairuz to Mont Tendre and Buvette De Mont Tendre and back. 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