I recently happened to hear someone mentioning an app called "Cartes IGN". I had never heard of it before. In a distant past, I had used iPhigénie and adored it but when I downloaded it recently I was disappointed. It has apparently changed...
It totally depends. Le Petit Chable was 1.5km off route (and down, but with a direct connection to col Mont Sion), Valencogne was right on the route, le Grand Lemps was about 1km off route, today Miancon is 700m off route. You need to know the...
Day 11: Faramans - Miancon 25,5km
In the night, a sudden loud noise woke me up and I panicked a little before figuring out that it's only a cat scratching its claws on the bed next to me. It then made three rounds of the room before exiting via...
@caminka Are you finding that the home-stays tend to be a bit off-route? My experience (2019) was that they tended to be rather suburban (makes sense, that's where people live in houses. Need houses to have home-stays).
The guide is very good. Make sure you get the 2024 version. Apparently you can buy it in the bookshop in Geneva's train station Cornavin. Also in the tourist office in Frangy.
I used Iphigenie in the offline mode. And lodging info is available in the Amis guides (choose your route, choose your color) here: https://boutique.amis-st-jacques-ara.com/guides/
Day 9: Valencogne - le Grand Lemps 22,5km
Morning was a bit fresh and mostly the day remained cloudy, although when sun did peek out it was hot quickly.
The first climb was mild but wet and offered a nice view back towards Savoie and previous...
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