Snapshots

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There’s so much going on in the Aravis mountains at the moment that we could spend days writing about it all. Instead though we’re out enjoying it! So in summary here are 3 fantastic images from Tom of events that we enjoyed last weekend – all within 4 days of each other. The [...]

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Transhumance – or the journey of the cows

Transhumance

At the beginning of June every year the inhabitants of St Jean, Grand Bornand and La Clusaz wait expectantly for the first true sign of summer – normally heralded at 5am on a weekend morning by the sound of hundreds of cow bells.

Although we’re rarely keen to be woken [...]

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Spring Shades

Thones View

Spring in the mountains can throw up tones so vibrant they almost don’t seem real:

Taken on a mid-May evening from St. Jean de Sixt, as the setting sun briefly popped out behind the shoulder of Mont Lachat de Thones after a day of cloud and rain. The patchy snow is on [...]

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Skiing writing, righting skiing

Welcome to Karibuni’s new blog – check back here soon for coverage of the winter 2009 / 10 ski season along with our musings on life, the Aravis and everything . [...]

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