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I really enjoyed reading all the useful information.

I was wondering if you could help me in few more questions:

1. Is the Sardinian way and Gorges du Guires Mort are the same?

2. Is second half of May a good season for tracks?

3. In case of woman (hopefully...) in pregnant - could you recommend an shorter and easier route - something like 1 to 3 hours?

Thank you again for your lovely site

Gill and Adis

Israel

I've just got back from a splendid holiday in the Alps, my 1st visit for nearly 40 years, and I wonder why it's taken so long!

I went with a varying family group; our 1st day out (at the beginning of July) was on le Grand Som with partner and 10 year old son, using the route you describe from la Correrie. The walk was splendid - I'm a botanist and was thoroughly enjoying the plants after we rose above the forest....

On the way down we had a bit of an incident however. There was a flock of sheep near the shepherd's cabin - we walked through the flock, then were suddenly confronted by two large and aggressive shepherd dogs (I don't know what breed they were) that were unattended and loose. Within a few seconds I was bitten on the leg; my partmer and son ran back up the path and I took temporary shelter in the cabin before rejoining them, chased by the dogs. We ran quickly back up the path, then found the slightly longer route back down via le col de la Ruchere, where we found the 1st of many green notices giving rather inadequate information about the sheep and dogs.

The result of this was a very long evening finding a doctor to clean and dress the bite, then two visits to a hospital in Grenoble for rabies and tetanus vaccinations. I now have just a messy scab and some bruising that is taking its time to heal.

Have you come across or heard from anyone else who has had a similar experience?

I would also like to mention that the couple who run the campsite at St Pierre de Chartreuse were marvellously unflappable, for they helped arrange the doctor's surgery that evening. The man said, as we were waiting for the doctor to call back, "It's a mad world..."

Many thanks for the excellent website you have created - it's really one of the best.

I'm an Australian that is fortunate to have an assignment in Voreppe for 3 years. Each morning I wake to a view of Grande Sure. A couple of weeks ago I woke to a view of stars and that gorgeous pre-dawn spring blue sky above the massif. I looked on the web for track notes to reach the summit and found your suggested path. I loved the suggested route as the climb up through the forest, followed by fields of wild daffodils and rock climbing were so very diverse compared to the hidden valley, bubbling stream, remaining patches of white snow and cliff edge descent with views out across the Vercors. Thank you for these notes. I look forward to discovering the remainder of your suggestions over the next couple of years.

We will be visiting La Chartreuse in June. We will spend some time walking and cycling in the massif before watching the Dauphine Libre cycle race and moving on to ride L'Ardechoise cyclosportive.
You have provided all the information we need for our walks but any advice on cycling routes would be of value.

What a great, informative and well written site. I've been looking all day at potential walking areas in Switzerland, Italy and France and have now been convinced that The Chartreuse is the place I'll be spending a week this summer! I can't wait to explore the area myself.

Many Thanks,
Lance

We've been living in the Chartreuse now for 20 months in the village of St Etienne de Crossey and waking up to the view of the Grand Sure every morning. It's a beautiful and wonderful place and in the coming years we hope to share its secrets and invite cyclists and walkers to stay here with us.

Well done on providing such an informative guide.