simon-b wrote:Interesting to hear about Pointless Parasite's current residence in France. A friend's mother lives in the Jura region (French Jura, of course!), more than 15 km from Cret de la Neige but same general area, near Lons le Saunier. I went there a couple of times with friends. We went to Saint Claude once, and crossed the Swiss border (pre covid, of course!) at La Cure a few times. You might well know those places, PP. And we've drunk the local vin jaune, an acquired taste but worth trying. I guess you get a good view of currently forbidden Switzerland from Cret de la Neige, I've not climbed it, but one of my friends has.
I've not been to the places you mention yet, although when the situation allowed I climbed a couple of the Swiss Jura mountains. I climbed Crete de la Neige for the 6th time today and found it depressingly hard work. Clearly I've got a long way to go to get back to full fitness
. The views are great, but it's mainly the French alps you can see. Obviously there's Mont Blanc, but on a clear day you can see Barre des Ecrins, which is much further south (the most southerly 4000er I think).