April photos

Here are some photos I took in April.

Above, in Cirque-du-Fer-à-Cheval. I had been there many years ago, in the fall. I wanted to come back when the snow was melting: The buses that went there from Cluses stopped running at the end of April so I waited for both the paths to be walkable and the temperature to be high enough so I could see the waterfalls at their best. Unfortunately, there was a cold spell by then but I still went. It was pretty cold but some of the waterfalls were still flowing fast thanks to the sun.

▲ Cascade de la Vogealle in Cirque-du-Fer-à-Cheval.

▲ The season of new leaves.

▲ Ladder at Pas de l’Échelle, in Semnoz.

▲ Dandelions.

▲ Thônes-et-Marthod sheep in Serraval.

▲ Beach of Albigny in Annecy-le-Vieux.

▲ Five-leaflet bitter-cress (cardamine).

▲ Cascade d’Alex, flowing fast.

▲ View of Vallée de Montremont and Col des Nantets, seen from Belvédère de la Roche Blanche.

▲ Pasture in Vallon du Cruet, with Tête à Turpin in the background.

▲ Pasture in Cessens.

▲ View of Mont Laval from Montagne de Cessens. The lake is Lac du Bourget.

▲ Château de Châtillon in Chindrieux, seen from Montagne de Cessens.

▲ Patch of daisies.

▲ Violets.

▲ Lac Vert in Passy.

▲ The recently-built Passerelle du Nant Bordon (aka Passerelle himalayenne), which links Lac Vert and Plateau d’Assy.

▲ Shrine to Saint Germain in Talloires.

▲ View of Lake Annecy from Ermitage de Saint-Germain.

▲ View of Annecy from Parc Gabriel Fauré.

▲ Corpse of a fox in the forest of Attrape-qui-Peut in Serraval.

▲ Remnant of an avalanche below Aiguille de Serraval. It was blocking the trail so I had to go around and walk on the precarious pebbles.

▲ L’Étang in Saint-Jorioz, on the eastern flank of Semnoz.

▲ Blue-eyed-Mary.

▲ Car wreck below Cascade du Saut-du-Moine in Talloires. The waterfall was quite hard to access: The trail was very narrow and slippery at times.

▲ Lesser periwinkle.