Interesting places in Crêt de la Neige, the ridge:

Le tiocan

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Comin' Down the Mountain
Made by Josh Thompson
Darren and I stopped at this junction to take a quick break. (The uphill trail forks here. The direction the camera is pointed in this photo is how we went up earlier in the day. Now we were returning from the trail to the left/behind the camera direction.) There were a lot of people gathered, and shortly after we stopped I heard people talking about cows (in French). Turns out it was the annual ritual where they bring the cows down to lower elevations for the winter!


Lake Geneva
Made by shotleyshort
looking down from the top of Le Reculet - Jura mountain range en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Reculet at Lake geneva en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_geneva Hard to believe ive cycled round this lake!


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Made by reallyasi9
There is a giant iron cross at the top of le Reculet. Le Reculet is the second highest point in the Jura by about 2 meters, so the residents of Thoiry (in competition with the residents of Crozet, who have the highest point in the Jura) built this cross to make it the highest point.


le reculet
Made by now picnic
This cross is at the Reculet, the highest/2nd highest point of the Jura mountains. You can see it on a clear day from CERN, but this was the first time I actually got to the top. After getting lost, of course.


Close to the mountain edge
Made by roomman
Flying downwind for Genevas runway 05, we come very close to the Jura mountains. This area between Switzerland and France offers some nice valley and peaks. And we're so close! Feels almost like one could jump down, and enjoy the nice landscape.


across the jura
Made by now picnic
Usually we see one side of the Jura mountains -- the side we are on. Once we got to the top of the ridge, we could see over the mountains to the other, very calm side. It was much quieter on this side than on the side with Geneva on it.


Day 67 / Summit
Made by Josh Thompson
Gala, Ben, and I climbed Le Reculet today. My first time back to the summit since Darren and I went almost exactly 2 years ago. Thanks to the weird winter, there was much less snow up there than there was 2 years ago.


Over the mountains and far away
Made by shotleyshort
Looking away from geneva at the top of Le Reculet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Reculet part of the Jura mountain range just outside of Geneva Switzerland


Mountain Goats
Made by shotleyshort
On the hike up to the top of Le Reculet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Reculet part of the Jura mountain range just outside of Geneva Switzerland


not cows
Made by now picnic
At first, I thought the animals on the top of the ridge might be cows, but then we saw some climbing up. Maybe they are called chamois? That's what our googling led us to believe.


apple and mt. blanc
Made by now picnic
A delicious apple, enjoyed last weekend on a hike up the Jura mountains. Posted for Jeff, whose new blog is about every apple he eats.


View at the top
Made by Josh Thompson
Earlier in the hike I was thinking that I should break out my IR filter (I brought my Gorillapod) to try to cut through the haze. But then I forgot about it.


CERN from the jura
Made by shotleyshort
Looking down at CERN en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cern from the jura mountain range


Lunch time
Made by Josh Thompson
Cows in front of Refuge de Curson on the top of the Jura. There were people eating lunch at picnic tables a couple meters to the left.


Botrychium lunaria
Made by Ombrosoparacloucycle
Botryche lunaire. Petite fougère montagnarde, pelouse calcaire, Crêt de la neige, 1600 m, Jura Ophioglossaceae Botrychium lunaria


Alps from Jura
Made by Nasher
Looking towards Mont Blanc from the Jura mountains. You can see the ridge of the saleve between them and Geneva is below the clouds.


Salers in Jurassic Park!
Made by Lucie et Philippe
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close to the top!
Made by now picnic
Nadya, Spoons, and Stefano look excited, since we are almost there! The cross at the top is just to the left.


South view
Made by Vin60
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Le Tiocan
Made by Josh Thompson
A parking area, for those who don't want to hike an hour in order to start the hike to Le Reculet