Marmots are everywhere. Mathieu really liked them.

Our home for the night. The owners were very nice and we the dinner was superb.

View from refuge. Mathieu is happy to be out of the baby carrier. We have finally arrived at the refuge.

Off in the distance you can see the refuge. It doesn't look to far but this pic is deceiving considering the fact that there is a large drop off just up ahead. Here we are still about 1 hour away.

Mathieu giving daddy's back a break.

Parc de la Vanoise

"Val and Mathieu in front of the small lake we encountered just after starting our hike."

Last weekend we spent a night at a Refuge called Entré Deux Eaux in the Parc de la Vanoise. The Parc de la Vanoise is a national park in Savoie (not to be mistaken with Haute Savoie where Val’s father lives) about 2 and ½ hours from Lyon.

The refuge is located up at 2300 meters and there is still snow on the ground in some areas. We weren’t quite prepared for this seeing as we were both wearing running shoes (opps). However, it wasn’t enough snow to stop us especially when you see views. It takes about 2 hours normally to get to the refuge from the parking area. However, we managed to get lost adding an extra hour and we ran across a waterfall that we could not cross so we had to turn back and find another way down.Coming back up was difficult but shorter since we knew what not to do.