Stefsan (on and off)
Rocks, Ice and Vapour
Glacier du Tour and Aiguille du Tour (North and South peaks, both 3540m) in the upper end of the Chamonix valley. The peaks visible in this picture form the border of France and Switzerland.
Historical pictures (accessible on the page of the formidable photo archive of ETH Zürich: Glacier du Tour, 1914 and here http://www.glaciers-climat.fr/Tour/Glacier_du_Tour.html) show that these reddish-grey rocks below the ice were completely covered by the glacier just a century ago. Even in 1977 most them were under ice.
Rocks, Ice and Vapour
Glacier du Tour and Aiguille du Tour (North and South peaks, both 3540m) in the upper end of the Chamonix valley. The peaks visible in this picture form the border of France and Switzerland.
Historical pictures (accessible on the page of the formidable photo archive of ETH Zürich: Glacier du Tour, 1914 and here http://www.glaciers-climat.fr/Tour/Glacier_du_Tour.html) show that these reddish-grey rocks below the ice were completely covered by the glacier just a century ago. Even in 1977 most them were under ice.