{"id":12765,"date":"2022-11-02T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog?p=12765"},"modified":"2022-11-01T22:06:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T21:06:03","slug":"vacances-dautomne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/vacances-dautomne\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Fall holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nOur short week of vacation with Emile begins with a rainy day. We make the road to the region of Bardonecchia where I hope to drive the Sommeiller trail that we had not been able to discover the past summer.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n1. Rainy boondocking above Rochemolle.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2267b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2267b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2267b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2267b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n2. The next morning, the clouds have disappeared and the sky is blue when we wake up.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2269b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2269b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2269b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2269b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n3. Uphill to the Scarfiotti refuge.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2273b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2273b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2273b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2273b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n4. Higher on the trail&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2275b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2275b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2275b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2275b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n5. The surrounding mountains are gorgeous!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2276b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"415\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2276b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2276b-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2276b-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n6. High altitude fall colors.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2277b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2277b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2277b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2277b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n7. VivaLaVida on the trail, at already more than 8,200 feet above sea level.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2279b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2279b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2279b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2279b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n8. Arrival at the end of the trail whose descent on the other side has never been built.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2285b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2285b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2285b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2285b-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n9. Round altitude (3,000 meters = 9,842 feet), the highest reached by VLV in Europe. As a reminder, she went over 13,000 feet in 2016, in Colorado&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7439b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7439b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7439b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7439b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n10. The small lake which is just after the pass.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2293b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"429\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2293b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2293b-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2293b-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n11. And the other side remained empty of trail. Only a footpath leads down to the Ambin Valley.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2294b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2294b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2294b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2294b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n12. We are close to the first snow that fell a few days before&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2296b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2296b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2296b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2296b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n13. View of the peaks of the Parc des Ecrins in the distance&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2298b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2298b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2298b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2298b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n14. Descending back. We only passed two local motorbikes all day.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2300b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2300b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2300b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC2300b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nTo be continued in a few days&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Our short week of vacation with Emile begins with a rainy day. We make the road to the region of Bardonecchia where I hope to drive the Sommeiller trail that we had not been able to discover the past summer. &nbsp; &nbsp; 1. Rainy boondocking above Rochemolle. &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/vacances-dautomne\/?lang=en\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1169],"tags":[1142,1168,710,1614,1172],"class_list":["post-12765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italy","tag-alps","tag-italy","tag-lake","tag-sommeiller-en","tag-trail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12765"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12770,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12765\/revisions\/12770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}