And this is Dent de Crolles (Tooth of Crolles).  Its peak is about 2000m, the chalet and St. Hilaire are at about 1000m, and the town of Crolles is in the Isere valley at about 200m.  Although there are a couple of mountain passes that lead to the top of Dent de Crolles, we didn't manage to hike them as they are impassable in winter, and it snowed in mid-November before we had a chance to make our assault on the tooth.  However, on the first day that we were there, we hiked up to the bottom of the sheer cliff at the left of the photo.  It was almost summer at that time, and we hiked in T-shirts.  This was about 600 or so metres of elevation that we hiked, and we were tired for quite a while after that.  We also made a hike to the Source des Sangliers (spring of the wild boars) which is on the right of the photo, although we didn't actually see any real sangliers (malheureusement!).

There were many trails in the area, and we managed to hike most of them.  In addition, Diana rented cross country skis for a week and explored some of the area.  She took most of these photos while skiing.