{"id":14657,"date":"2025-11-07T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=14657"},"modified":"2025-08-21T21:50:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:50:04","slug":"val-des-glaciers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/val-des-glaciers\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Valley of Glaciers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAs Emile will soon be joining his mother for the rest of his holidays, we stop at the foot of the Val des Glaciers, near Les Chapieux. We spend a day there without moving VivaLaVida as Cormet of Roselend road is closed one day for the \u00ab\u00a0Etape du Tour\u00a0\u00bb. It&rsquo;s the largest amateur cycling event with no fewer than 19,000 entrants who set off on one of the stages of the Tour de France: 85 miles and 12,500 feet of elevation gain!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n1. We find a nice bivouac spot near the river.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6485b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6485b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6485b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6485b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n2. The next morning, we take the bikes to explore the Valley of Glaciers.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6487b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6487b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6487b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6487b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n3. Panoramic view of the valley with the Aiguille des Glaciers towering above. The Tour du Mont-Blanc trail passes through this valley and the Pass of la Seigne, to the right of the needle.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6490_pano_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"448\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6490_pano_b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6490_pano_b-145x100.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6490_pano_b-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n4. As we look back, the small road that leads us to the Refuge des Mottets.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6492b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6492b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6492b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6492b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n5. Despite the long climb, Emile once again makes it on his mountain bike !<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6493b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6493b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6493b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6493b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n6. Last look at the valley as we leave the next day.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6498b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6498b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6498b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6498b-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n7. And the last image of this holiday: a small chapel in Les Saisies, with the Aravis Mountains in the background.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6499b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6499b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6499b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A1_6499b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe year of VivaLaVida continues with a mountain bike getaway in Valais, a few weekend outings followed by the fall break.<br \/>\nFind out more here soon! \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As Emile will soon be joining his mother for the rest of his holidays, we stop at the foot of the Val des Glaciers, near Les Chapieux. We spend a day there without moving VivaLaVida as Cormet of Roselend road is closed one day for the \u00ab\u00a0Etape du Tour\u00a0\u00bb.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/val-des-glaciers\/?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":[1139],"tags":[1887,1142,1594,1853,1207,1135,512,1888,164,1849],"class_list":["post-14657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-france-en","tag-aiguille-des-glaciers-en","tag-alps","tag-aravis-en","tag-bike","tag-boondocking","tag-france-en","tag-glacier-en","tag-les-saisies-en","tag-river","tag-velo-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14657","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=14657"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14665,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14657\/revisions\/14665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}