While setting up camp, I badly sprained my ankle. Despite the ointment applied quickly and a bandage to try to succeed in putting the foot on the ground, I will have to revise the plans. Damn! Here I am forced to give up a hike planned in two days. So, after having slept just under Fort Jafferau, we decide to take a look at this fortress in ruins.

1. South portal or what’s left of it…

2. Here, canon battery bases with the arcs indicating the directions of fire.

3. And one of the many vaulted chambers which likely served as cantonment.

4. Bird’s eye view of an alpine pasture below.

5. Panoramic view of Ecrins mountains to the West.

6. Descent to Bardonecchia via the northwest side.

7. We take advantage of the afternoon to discover the Vallée Etroite (Narrow Valley) straddling the Franco-Italian border. The enfilade towards Mount Thabor is magnificent with the fall colors.

8. Opposite, by where we arrived.

9. The river that carved out this valley, called Narrow Valley Stream.

10. I take advantage of varying the compositions since I can hardly walk. Variation 1.

11. Variation 2.

12. And one last before leaving to do some grocery shopping in Bardonecchia and refuel VivaLaVida since the strikes in France make the refill difficult.

The rest with a return into the Clarée Valley in a few days. Thanks! 😀