Cocooning
Sunny fall
While ski season hasn’t begun, we enjoy the cool fall. That’s a fact for sure: the living-room is really cosy! We took so much car of the flowers: they still blossom to welcome you!
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Science time
The murgers
Stone piles near Montvalezan. Pebbles removed from fields, meadows and gardens were usually piled between fields and woods. They progressively became heaps of stones. Now you can see them in the landscapes, we call them « murgers » in french. The largest ones can even be noticed on a topographic map (classical IGN map). As a matter of fact, they are symbolized by a closed quite oval line, and hatched external border. Don’t confuse it with a closed depression which is symbolized by a small arrow towards its center, or a hatched internal border! Murgers are very common in Burgundy and Read more…
Let's cook!
Sky on fire
Sky on fire tonight at the Ecombelles! Summer is still there. No black current this year, but lots of plums. Let’s cook some jam. Maybe an Alps pie too. Each year its flavour… You can find some of our recipes here by the way: what are you going to cook?
Strolls
Hiking on the opposite mountain
Today, we offer you to walk on the mountain you admire just in front of you on the balcony. You’ll reach by car these two places. Every hiker can enjoy these walks. La chapelle des Vernettes, gift at the end of the path! Departure: Plan Peisey parking. Level: easy, and if you have little hikers, there’s a bus to smoothe the effort. Chapel: Give a call to Peisey-Vallandry’s tourists office to know the opening hours. It’s a baroque jewell, really worth a visit. 5 lakes just for you: enjoy! Departure: Fort de la Platte. This path is attracting many hikers as Read more…
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Hiking with children starting at the cottage
We already presented you this path as la Balade au Vaz. Children really like this walk through the forest. Even there’s a little up-hill slope, it’s still an easy walk for their little legs. Exotic touch, there’s a high-class pic-nic area at the village “Le Vaz”, including “dry toilets”! They do have so much fun: successful activity! If you’re looking for tips for your children to put one foot afore the other while hiking, here are some good ideas to share: – Nature et découvertes’ tips, – Great article on Altitude Rando, with rythm and abilities Read more…
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The “Redoute ruinée” even in summer
It’s so easy to hike with your children on top of the mountains at La Rosière ! You just have to take the “Roches noires Express” chairlift which leads you to Roc noir. You can check on the fees at the Tourist information Office. Once at the top of Roc noir (2330 meters high), follow the smooth large path to the Traversette pass and the Redoute fort. Your children will enjoy to take a chairlift during summer, to walk along the crest and the fort will stimulate their imagination! You will love it too: the 360° Read more…
Cocooning
Flowered balconies at the cottage
Flowered balconies welcome you warmly! Each spring we set some traditional geraniums to give the chalet a red touch decoration. They have grown well up and blossom more than ever. You’ll enjoy them till snow comes back. By the way this winter bookings are already availables. You can check on our calendar to visit our great mountains. You are more than welcome for autumn too: have you ever admired our blazing forests ?
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La Rosière – Panorama
Here’s the perfect place to watch the landscape from La Rosière. Driving up to Path of Petit Saint Bernard, you’ll see a beautiful panorama on the Tarentaise. Check it out at the Arcades sharp bend… Indeed, you can watch it on youtube as La Rosière posted a video about summer activities. Do you think that the VTT bikers (0’57”) are riding along the Mousselard chapel ? Looks slightly like it, isn’t it?
Up there
Mountain quizz
Let’s give it a try again ! A funny way to discover our cottage area: 1- There’s a beautiful village near Sainte-Foy : le Monal. Where does this name come from? Tip: XIV century Savoy is influenced by monks as demography increases… 2- Which mountain is really bad named? Tip: It’s one of the upper mountains of Vanoise (3779 m), you can see it from the cottage… 3- Can you have a walk near the sea in mountain? Tip: well know up-hill weather phenomenon. 4- Which monument allows you to medidate even if it’s windy? Tip: it was built by l’abbé Chanoux at Petit Saint Bernard pass… 5- How Read more…
Up there
Saint Bernard’s statue
The Little Saint Bernard Pass links the Tarentaise (in France), to the Aoste Valley (in Italia). A statue of Saint Bernard exorcising the mountain welcomes the travellers coming from La Rosière. Bernard of Menthon, future patron saint of the Alps, and patron saint of mountaineering, founded the hospice at the pass during the XIth century. The building was an opportune protection for pilgrims against bad weather and bad encounter. Will you find which original visitor was welcomed there during a violent snowstorm? Now that summer is there, let’s enjoy the road to the pass. There, besides the alpine garden (see Read more…