I thought people interested in hillwalking or trekking could post here reports and pictures of their walks. Most of my posts will be of course about walks in the Alps but I'm quite interested to discover new places in Scotland, England, Wales or somewhere else so as to get new ideas for my next trips to Great Britain.

Thank you very much for posting here, even if it's very short.

Lionel

Saturday 3rd September 2005.

I went hillwalking and climbed a mountain named "Haute Pointe" (High Point). It's located in Haute Savoie in the northern Alps of France. I started at the altitude of 1100 m (3 666 feet) and climbed up to the top at 1958 m (6 526 feet). The climb took me one hour and a half but the whole walk was four hours as I went down on another path.
I don't have any digital camera but I found some pictures of that place on the net, just to give you an idea of the scenery.

View from the top of Haute Pointe :



View of a neighbouring hill on the path to Haute Pointe : Pointe de Chavannais (1851 m).



Of course, there was no snow when I climbed but I plan to go back ski-mountaineering to that place in winter.

Sunday 4th September 2005 :

With my friends Christine, Jean-François and their three daughters, we climbed yesterday up to the Lac Bénit (Blessed Loch), 1570 m (5 233 feet) in the Bargy range not far from Chamonix. We enjoyed this beautiful bucolic place in a soft Autumn light.

Views of the Lac Bénit :

Hi Lionel

It looks very beautiful, the problem I have is having no scanner or pics on my digital camera, I can't easily post any pics. I'l see what I can do....

Hi Andy !

Never mind for the pictures Andy but tell us anyway about your walks.

Do you get ready to go hillwalking in Nepal ? When is your trip planned ?

Hi Lionel... ansd others...

It wasn't Nepal, but Pakistan and it was at in the middle of July, bedinning of August. As soon as I have some pics scanned in, I'll post a few on this thread. It was very strange to camp at the same height as alpine peaks (about 4300m or 14,100 ft) and still be at the floor of a glaciated valley, it just didn't seem that high!

K2 was only about 6km away, and another 4500 above us, a bit like being in Chamonix and looking up to the summit of Mt Blanc... just very much higher up! Also in that region there three other 8000m peaks, just an incredible place!

Andy,

Great to hear about your walk in Pakistan !! Looking forward to watching some of your pictures. Keep posting here.

Greetings from Haute Savoie.

Lionel

I popped up Snowdon yesterday (4th Sept) - highest summit in England and Wales, and very, very, popular on a hot late summer's day. Fortunately, setting off at 7:30am meant it was fairy quiet on the ascent, but coming down we met literally hundreds of people walking up.

Here' a panorama of Snowdon:-




And a view from near the summit, with a train having just left the summit station:-

Great idea Lionel and great pictures also !

Just a small dander for me yesterday up Monawee (699m) in Glenesk ! The temperature was up to 25 degrees when I set off at 3pm and I felt it every inch of the climb. Storm was delighted to be chasing the numerous rabbits that scattered the lower slopes of this fine, but seldom climbed hill.

Essan,

Your panorama of Snowdon is really beautiful. Please, keep posting other pictures of hills of England or Wales. I think many people here will be interested to see them.

Whitts,

Is Monawee a Corbett, a Donald, a Graham ? I don't really the scale of the different classifications of summits in Great Britain.

Thks Lionel

I'll be in Wales again this weekend - but I don't think the weather will be quite as nice

Here was one of my trips to snowdon

Monawee is not one of the listed mountains Lionel as it doesn't have the loss of sufficient height between itself and a Graham to its west called Hunt Hill although its only 6 metres less in height !

These are my local hills and I can drive to them in less than hour - so Storm is always guarenteed a good walk !

Great idea, Lionel. Here's my contribution for this week. We were up on Lochnagar on Sunday and the weather was fantastic as you can see. This is on the col below Meikle Pap - Janet and Ann-Marie - a bit hot and hungover but enjoying a break before the final climb to the summit. (a pint or two too many of Trade Winds ale the night before!)
Cheers
Sheila

I think people are using Tiz's post more than this one for posting their pictures but I;ll stick to this one and try to keep it going.

Here's my lot from last Sunday

http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/1795089