{"id":5401,"date":"2024-11-10T07:50:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T06:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/?p=5401"},"modified":"2024-11-11T16:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:47:46","slug":"la-cure-to-st-cergue-with-a-surprise-at-cabane-du-carroz-7-november-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/2024\/11\/10\/la-cure-to-st-cergue-with-a-surprise-at-cabane-du-carroz-7-november-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"La Cure to St Cergue – with a surprise at Cabane du Carroz, 7 November 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eight hikers and one dog gathered in the mist at the St Cergue Tancouex parking to catch the 9:58 am train to La Cure: Mervyn, Richard S, Nicolas with Onyx, Nathan, Stephen L, Ivan, David C and Peter S (leader). Around Col de Givrine the little red train broke through \u2018band de stratus\u2019 into bright sunshine and the group disembarked at La Cure (1,153m) in a bouyant mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Setting off just past Mamac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


The trail passed Restaurant Chez Mamac up to Chalet Les Coppetes (1,321m) for a short break before continuing up the valley passed L\u2019Arziere (1,445m) and a righthand turn towards Cabane du Carroz (1,508m). On approaching the cabane, Kobie came bounding down the path with a smiling Peter T not far behind to complete the surprise!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kobie and Onyx recalibrating<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Happiness filled the air as the group broke out sandwiches and snacks with wines from Spain and South Africa topped off with additional spirits from Richard\u2019s bottle and Mervyn\u2019s hip flask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lunch in the sun, Stephen, Richard, Mervyn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Carroz Lunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There was some discussion about the return of President Trump – not predicted by a majority at our monsoon lunch two weeks earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All nine of us<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Peter and Peter check the route<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


Reassured that we now had a leader who knew where he was going, we began the descent through the woods to reach the road from La Givrine to Vermeilley. After a short stretch on the road, Peter T turned right onto his secret path that tracked through scattered forest, stone walls and leafy glades to reach a style just short of Cabane Rochefort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On up the secret path<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At the high point before the Cabane Rochefort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Emerging from the forest passed the A-frame house we were greeted with a broad view of the Leman basin covered in mist with the Alps faintly visible in the distance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mt Blanc above the sea of cloud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the junction to Chalet Derri\u00e8re, we parted ways with Peter T and Kobie as they turned right towards La Givrine and we continued on to Chalet Devant\/Fruiti\u00e8res des Nyon (1,333m). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Farewell PeterT and Kobie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After hearing we had come from La Cure, an elderly French couple offered up the bench in front of the wall which was a clear sign that we needed another break. The impressive views were complemented with coffee (absent milk or sugar) and chocolate McVitie’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the wall bench, Fruiti\u00e8res de Nyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View to Barillette and La D\u00f4le<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


After a short stretch on the path down towards La Borsatte, we were back in the mist which persisted all the way back to the Parking lot at Tancouex to complete a hike of 15 km with denivelation of 493 m. Peter T with Kobie clocked 12 km and 425 m denivelation on their tour from La Givrine to Cabane du Carroz and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Down into the murk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Eight hikers and one dog gathered in the mist at the St Cergue Tancouex parking to catch the 9:58 am train to La Cure: Mervyn, Richard S, Nicolas with Onyx, Nathan, Stephen L, Ivan, David C and Peter S (leader). Around Col de Givrine the little red train broke through \u2018band de stratus\u2019 into bright … Continue reading “La Cure to St Cergue – with a surprise at Cabane du Carroz, 7 November 2024”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hikes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401","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\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5401"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5428,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401\/revisions\/5428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}