Excursion 02

Sunday, 22-June-1997

Dear colleagues,

Sorry for the late notice! As we have agreed last weekend I'm proposing another excursion to another lake. It is a little bit more difficult but still within the range of easy excursions. My proposal for excursion 01 (this Sunday) is the following:


Date: Sunday, 22-June-1997
Site: Col de Bise (1915)-Lac Darbon (1813)
Classification: Medium easy
Altitude: 1944 m (highest point)
Climbing up distance: 699 m.
Climbing time: half of the total
Total hiking time: 6 hours
Starting point: La Planche (1220) - southwest of Novel village
Meeting point: CERN Main Cafeteria at 9.00 am
Remarks: Panoramics - Leman lake
Access: Novel is a little village near St.Gingolph in the Swiss-French border at the other side of the Leman lake. The car access to St.Gingolph can be through Evian (1 hour 20 minutes) or taking the motor way to Montreux and taking the first way out after it ( 1 hour 10 min). From St.Gingolph take road D30 oposite to the lake and drive up for about 15 minutes to reach Novel. Continue driving up to reach the site of "La Planche". Park there in an obvious parking loan. The trip to La Planche may take 1 hour 30 minutes.

Click to see the excursion map.
Click here to see a txt file with the way points of the path. .


I hope weather conditions will allow an enjoyable excursion in a beautiful environment. Darbon's lake is beautiful lake where swimming is possible. I hope!.

In the URL http://excursiones.salicio.com you can find information on the outings.

It is convenient to emphasize some useful items: please do not forget to carry on (wear) raincoat, hat/cap and sun glasses, warm gloves, hiking boots or sport-footwear with thick and non-slipping sole, enough food and drinks for the own consumption. Spear dry clothes and after excursion confortable shoes are very convenient.

Have a lovely weekend! Cheers! Jose.