November 29, 2008 Yours Truly, Pilar and folks from work Means of travel: duck feet Why: not quite enough snow to ski!!! Elevation gain: 1000 m Weather: cloudy with sunny spots and wind up the wazoo Other flocks of ducks met: 3 Photos taken by Pilar. Where: Parc Naturel Régional de Chartreuse, FRANCE Me, Pilar and folks from my lab. Woohoo snow!  Winter's here.  Can't wait to strap the skis on. View south with Grenoble glowing in the background in the valley. Threatening weather. Destination 1: Chalet des Bannettes (look above the 1 at the beginning of this sentence), 1711m. Destination 2: Col d'Hurtières (1769m). The col with high winds. I don't want to hear it!!!  I'd like to see YOU ski on finely dusted rock and grass with your new        skis.  Duck feet are practical in some limited occasions, such as this. Destination 3: the trail was supposed to go down here!  Uhm no. Instead, we climbed up the Rocher de Lorzier (1822 m).  If you look VERRRRY closely, you'll        see the Mont Blanc hidden behind the highest mountain on the horizon.