{"id":5502,"date":"2024-12-20T17:31:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T16:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/?p=5502"},"modified":"2024-12-20T17:46:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T16:46:17","slug":"snowshoe-hike-to-mamac-weds-18-dec-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/2024\/12\/20\/snowshoe-hike-to-mamac-weds-18-dec-24\/","title":{"rendered":"SnowShoe Hike to Mamac : Weds 18 Dec 24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thanks be to modern weather forecasts ! The Thursday SS hike was brought forward to Wednesday, after the awful forecast for Thursday 19th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine hopefuls turned out at La Givrine (1211m) at 10.15am, plus 2 dogs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RichardS, Philip, Mark2rs, Mark2ts, Mervyn, Nathan and Onyx, Rob (by train), and me and Kobie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rob arrives <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The team assembles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Being a SnowShoe hike we carried snowshoes (Philip wore his SSs as his sack was very small) just in case. And as it turned out they were not needed – no worries, we burnt off a few more calories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim was to set out via the 20 March 2020 SS hike in which we had magnificent powder. This of course was much earlier in the season, and while we had snow there was not a lot of powder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Making progress on the SS trail with Moos and snowmobile below us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As we progressed up the a snowmobile came roaring up the track below us with Moos the dog (Kobie’s friend) charging out in front. It was Mariane and her partner who were travelling up to La Genoli\u00e8re for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We progressed along the trail NE then NW into the forest emerging into a snowy pasture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking back across the pasture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some sun arrives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We got a bit of sun then spots of rain ! Our trail reached the track leading up to Pr\u00e9 du Four Chalet (1395m) where we stopped for ap\u00e8ros. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had stopped here at least twice before in the past. Gone were the sofas, but there were two benches and a table. And the sun came out !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red, White and coffee at ap\u00e8ro time Pr\u00e9 du Four<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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La D\u00f4le in the distance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mark2rs finds a log to sit on, and at least one of us is on snowshoes. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A quick call was made to Mamac to announced a delay in our arrival, now past 1pm. There was some discussion of whether we men were appreciated enough by our partners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time to go and we wended our way down past chalet Les Coppettes leading after 2 km to Restaurant chez Mamac (1196m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pano looking up -Mt Sala to the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The wild boars had been very active hereabouts <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was so warm that we all decided to sit outside for an al fresco fondu. This was helpful as the dogs could roam about, but it was amazing just how warm it was for 18 Dec. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beers slaked initial thirst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Readying for some Triphon fondu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Triphon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Grand Dahu Croute <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Two triphons and three croutes were washed down with excellent chasselas and a drop or two of Richard’s Bohemian (Rhapsody) kirsch – it being necessary to dunk bread in it before scooping into liquid cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kobie et moi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kobie wants to join in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Philip trying to pack his snowshoes in his rucksack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was all too soon over. Much banter, fine cheese good beer, wine and coffee. We had hardly noticed that the temperature had been dropping, until we went inside for the loos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The team trpeares to leave Mamac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We all agreed that as it was getting late-ish and darkness was coming that we would stroll down and pick up the 3.50pm train back up to La Givrine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A nice stroll in the snow with good company to end out the year. 7km (about) and 212m (about). Happy Christmas everyone and here’s to safe and fun hiking in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks be to modern weather forecasts ! The Thursday SS hike was brought forward to Wednesday, after the awful forecast for Thursday 19th. Nine hopefuls turned out at La Givrine (1211m) at 10.15am, plus 2 dogs. RichardS, Philip, Mark2rs, Mark2ts, Mervyn, Nathan and Onyx, Rob (by train), and me and Kobie. Being a SnowShoe hike … Continue reading “SnowShoe Hike to Mamac : Weds 18 Dec 24”<\/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":[7,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hikes","category-snowshoes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502","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=5502"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5531,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502\/revisions\/5531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}