{"id":1766,"date":"2011-10-24T07:30:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T07:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2011-11-16T14:13:03","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T14:13:03","slug":"mountain-men-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=1766","title":{"rendered":"MOUNTAIN MEN&#8230;..again!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, Oct 09. The weather seems to be making a change for the better. With lots of snow still on the high ground making footing unsafe, we decide to tour some of the small villages and hamlets up the valley past Chamonix , towards the Col de Montet. The recent snows have given a frosted sugar coating to the mountain tops and lower pines. Formerly gritty, grey glaciers now sport a pristine winter dress in a valley that has been transformed into a winter wonderland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Morning-Mists1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1775\" title=\"Morning Mists\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Morning-Mists1-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Morning-Mists1-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Morning-Mists1-805x1024.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s clear skies above, the valley floor is continually swept by drifting banks of mist and fog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Curt-Skier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1776\" title=\"Curt Skier\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Curt-Skier-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Curt-Skier-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Curt-Skier-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Curt seeks directions from a local cross-country skier near Tr\u00e9-le-Champ.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Curt-Tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1777\" title=\"Curt Tree\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Curt-Tree-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Curt-Tree-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Curt-Tree-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A birch tree bows to the forces of nature&#8230;. but we don&#8217;t!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Winter-Wonderland.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1785\" title=\"Winter Wonderland\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Winter-Wonderland-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Winter-Wonderland-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Winter-Wonderland-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winter wonderland!! Hard to believe that we were in the warm, autumnal\u00a0 grasp of Beaujolais but yesterday!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Snow-Roof.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1778\" title=\"Snow Roof\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Snow-Roof-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Snow-Roof-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Snow-Roof-670x1024.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Local church bearing up under the burden of an early snowfall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Le-Planet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1816\" title=\"Le Planet\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Le-Planet-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Le-Planet-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Le-Planet-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The small hamlet of Le Planet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Cattle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1779\" title=\"Cattle\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Cattle-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Cattle-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Cattle-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bull enjoying early arrival of winter<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Home-Scene.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1817\" title=\"Home Scene\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Home-Scene-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Home-Scene-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Home-Scene-1024x710.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montroc village.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Village-Tour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1821\" title=\"Village Tour\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Village-Tour-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Village-Tour-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Village-Tour-681x1024.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Village of\u00a0 Le Tour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Flowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1822\" title=\"Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Flowers-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Flowers-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Flowers-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summer flowers freshly robed in snow!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Avalanche-Memorial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1780\" title=\"Avalanche Memorial\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Avalanche-Memorial-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Avalanche-Memorial-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Avalanche-Memorial-678x1024.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Almost every village has their avalanche memorial. This one marks the death of 12 in the 1999 disaster at Peclerey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mural.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1783\" title=\"Mural\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mural-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mural-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mural-681x1024.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mural painted on the front of a house in the village of Le Tour. Appropriately it depicts climbers scaling an &#8220;aiguille&#8221; or needle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, Oct 09. The weather seems to be making a change for the better. With lots of snow still on the high ground making footing unsafe, we decide to tour some of the small villages and hamlets up the valley &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=1766\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chamonix","category-hiking","category-touring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1766"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions\/2028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}