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January 21, 2021

Hike along the Drize river / Bois du Milly (Geneva)

At the beginning of 2020, I went on a hike in Geneva: Starting from the Lancy-Bachet train station, I followed the Drize river until the border with Haute-Savoie, then walked back passing through Bois du Milly in Plan-les-Ouates.

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Tagged drize, geneva, hiking, nature, river, switzerland, winter
January 19, 2021

Hike to Montagne de la Mandallaz (Winter 2020)

On the first day of 2020, I went on a hike to Montagne de la Mandallaz near Annecy: This time, instead of the Tête where I had already been a few times, I went up to the actual (and somewhat unremarkable) summit of the mountain.

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Tagged annecy, fog, forest, france, haute-savoie, hiking, jura, mandallaz, mountain, nature, sea of clouds, winter
January 14, 2021

Hike to Barrage de Génissiat & Berges du Rhône

As my last outing of 2019, I went on a hike to Barrage de Génissiat, a large dam on the Rhône, then followed the river north to Bellegarde-sur-Valserine.

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Tagged ain, barrage de genissiat, bellegarde, dam, eloise, france, haute-savoie, hiking, nature, rhone, river, winter
January 8, 2021

Hike to Barrage de Chavaroche & Centrale Hydroélectrique de Brassilly

At the end of 2019, I went on walk in Poisy, near Annecy: From the center of Poisy, I went down towards the Fier river and Barrage de Chavaroche then walked along the Fier until Centrale Hydroélectrique de Brassilly.

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Tagged annecy, dam, fier, france, haute-savoie, hking, nature, poisy, river, winter
January 4, 2021

Snowshoe hike on Plateau du Semnoz

Last winter, I tried snowshoeing and visited a few of the nordic skiing resorts around Annecy. Most of them have prepared tracks (with packed snow) for walking and snowshoes. The first resort I visited was the one closest to Annecy, at Station du Semnoz.

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Tagged annecy, bauges, france, haute-savoie, hiking, mountain, savoie, semnoz, snow, snowshoe, winter
January 2, 2021

Hike to Pont des Pierres & Gorges de la Valserine

In the fall of 2019, I went on a hike near Bellegarde-sur-Valserine: I walked the Voie du Tram until Pont des Pierres and took a trail along the Valserine river on the way back.

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Tagged ain, autumn, bellegarde, bridge, forest, france, hiking, jura, river, valserine
December 31, 2020

Hike to Mont Baron & Mont Veyrier: From Col de Bluffy to Annecy-le-Vieux

In the fall of last year, I went on a hike to Mont Baron and Mont Veyrier, this time starting from Col de Bluffy and arriving in Annecy.

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Tagged annecy, autumn, bluffy, bornes, france, haute-savoie, hiking, lake annecy, mont veyrier, mountain, nature, sunset
December 30, 2020

My new photobook: 2020

Recently, I published a new photobook through Amazon KDP: It is called 2020 and contains a few of my favorite photos I took during the year 2020.

Here is a sample PDF with a few pages: Sample PDF.

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Tagged 2020, amazon, book, kdp, photo, photobook, print on demand, scribus, self-publishing, yearbook
December 28, 2020

Hike to Trou de l'Enfer, Canyon de Ternèze, le Grand Joueret & Mont Saint-Michel

In the fall of last year, I went on a hike in the Bauges mountains above Chambéry: I passed through Trou de l’Enfer, Canyon de Ternèze and Motte Castrale du Grand Joueret on the way to Chapelle Saint-Michel.

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Tagged autumn, bauges, chambery, curienne, france, grand joueret, hiking, leysse, river, saint-michel, savoie
December 26, 2020

Hike to Montagne de Chevran

In the fall of last year, I went on a hike to Montagne de Chevran, above Cluses.

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Tagged autumn, cluses, fog, france, haut-giffre, haute-savoie, hiking, montagne de chevran, mountain, sea of clouds, snow
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