Elysium 2010
The statue
Such statues a very seldom on mountains. Usualy on tragical issues. I know one under a dangerous access to a summit (Vanil Carré), together with the name of one who died. The third is on the Monte Moro Col ( ~ 2900 m) between Matmark (Saas Valley, Wallis) and Macugnaga (Italy) A giant golden Madonna, perhaps in relation with the Mattmark disaster during the sixties where an ice fall from the Mattmark glacier killed many, mainly italian workers.
Some intuition for the reason of such statue at this unusual place. She is not at the summit (with it's unavoidable cross), but beside, near the startpoint of the very steep and dangerous ski mountainering descent of the northface. I achieved it only one time, some years ago, but I'm happy above all to be still alive ! May be, all were not as lucky to escape... Any fall would have been deadly in the middle part of the northface (cliffs below) and avalanche danger is seldom low...
The statue
Such statues a very seldom on mountains. Usualy on tragical issues. I know one under a dangerous access to a summit (Vanil Carré), together with the name of one who died. The third is on the Monte Moro Col ( ~ 2900 m) between Matmark (Saas Valley, Wallis) and Macugnaga (Italy) A giant golden Madonna, perhaps in relation with the Mattmark disaster during the sixties where an ice fall from the Mattmark glacier killed many, mainly italian workers.
Some intuition for the reason of such statue at this unusual place. She is not at the summit (with it's unavoidable cross), but beside, near the startpoint of the very steep and dangerous ski mountainering descent of the northface. I achieved it only one time, some years ago, but I'm happy above all to be still alive ! May be, all were not as lucky to escape... Any fall would have been deadly in the middle part of the northface (cliffs below) and avalanche danger is seldom low...