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Stavo salendo a Introd, ma quando è apparso Lui, son dovuto scendere dall'auto.
Monte Bianco 4810 mt
Pure beauty
I was driving up to PNGP, but when He appeared I had to get out of the car.
Monte Bianco 4810 mt
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The Aletsch Glacier or Great Aletsch Glacier is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km,] has about a volume of 15.4 km3, and covers about 81.7 km2 in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais. The Aletsch Glacier is composed of four smaller glaciers converging at Konkordiaplatz, where its thickness was measured by the ETH to be still near 1 km. It then continues towards the Rhône valley before giving birth to the Massa. The whole area, including other glaciers is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch Protected Area, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001.
Switzerland, Eggishorn
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Glimpse of the high Rhemes valley, between peaks and glaciers seen from the edge of the Fond ravine where the melting waters of the glaciers flow.
Colpo d'occhio sulla alta valle di Rhemes, tra cime e ghiacciai viste dal margine dell'orrido di Fond dove scorrono le acque di fusione dei ghiacciai Lavassey e Fond.
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The Jungfrau at 4,158 meters is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the northern canton of Bern and the southern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. Together with the Eiger and Mönch, the Jungfrau forms a massive wall of mountains overlooking the Bernese Oberland and the Swiss Plateau, one of the most distinctive sights of the Swiss Alps.
The Silberhorn 3,695 m is a pyramid-shaped mountain of the Bernese Alps, to the northwest of the Jungfrau of which it is a satellite peak.
Morning. Telelens.
Switzerland, Männlichen
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The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa, an ice-covered mountain massif in the Alps. Dufourspitze is the highest mountain peak of both Switzerland and the Pennine Alps and is also the second-highest mountain of the Alps and Western Europe, after Mont Blanc. It is located between Switzerland (Canton of Valais) and Italy (Piedmont and Aosta Valley). Telelens.
Switzerland, Gornergrat
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Photo is taken near Männlichen. Background mountains from left: Jungfrau, Silberhorn, Breithorn, Tschingelhorn
Switzerland, Männlichen
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Photo is taken from Murtèl - Sils Trail.
Switzerland, Sankt Moritz
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Photo is taken from Murtèl - Sils Trail.
Switzerland, Sankt Moritz
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Oeschinen Lake (Oeschinensee) is a lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, 4 kilometres east of Kandersteg in the Oeschinen valley. At an elevation of 1578 metres, it has a surface area of 1.1147 square kilometres. Its maximum depth is 56 metres. A gondola lift from Kandersteg leads to Oeschinen, 25 minutes by foot from the lake. Since 2007 the lake is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn UNESCO World Heritage Site. As of summer 2021, a circumnavigation of Lake Oeschinen is not possible. The reason for this is the danger of an imminent rockfall on the south shore, which is why paths are closed there.
Switzerland, Oeschinensee Loop Hike
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Photo is taken during Murtèl - Fuorcla Surlej - Hahnensee Trail
Switzerland, Murtèl - Hahnensee Trail
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The Breithorn (4,164 m) is a mountain range of the Pennine Alps with its highest peak of the same name (but also called Breithorn (Western Summit)), located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It lies on the main chain of the Alps, approximately halfway between the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa and east of the Theodul Pass. Most of the massif is glaciated and includes several subsidiary peaks, all located east of the main summit: the Central Breithorn, the western Breithorn Twin (or Eastern Breithorn), the Gendarm (or eastern Breithorn Twin) and the Roccia Nera. The main summit is sometimes distinguished by the name Western Breithorn.
The Breithorn is considered the most easily climbed 4,000 m Alpine peak. This is due to the Klein Matterhorn cable car which takes climbers to over 3,820 m from Zermatt for a starting point.
Morning. Telelens.
Switzerland, Rothorn-Oberrothorn
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Oeschinen Lake (Oeschinensee) is a lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, 4 kilometres east of Kandersteg in the Oeschinen valley. At an elevation of 1578 metres, it has a surface area of 1.1147 square kilometres. Its maximum depth is 56 metres. A gondola lift from Kandersteg leads to Oeschinen, 25 minutes by foot from the lake. Since 2007 the lake is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn UNESCO World Heritage Site. As of summer 2021, a circumnavigation of Lake Oeschinen is not possible. The reason for this is the danger of an imminent rockfall on the south shore, which is why paths are closed there.
Switzerland, Oeschinensee Loop Hike
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The Aletschhorn (4194 m) is a mountain in the Alps in Switzerland, lying within the Jungfrau-Aletsch region, which has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The mountain shares part of its name with the Aletsch Glacier lying at its foot. It is the second highest mountain of the Bernese Alps after the Finsteraarhorn. Standing between the principal range of the Bernese Alps and the Pennine chain, it shares with the Bietschhorn the advantage of occupying a central position in relation to the high peaks around it. The Aletschhorn is often thought to command the finest of all the panoramic views from Alpine summits.
Morning. Telelens.
Switzerland, Eggishorn
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I took this photo on a hiking tour between Trockener Steg and Schwarzsee above Zermatt (the so-called Matterhorn Glacier Trail). I would assume that some decades ago this place was covered by a glacier.
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Maighels Valley near Oberalp Pass and Lake Toma (Lai da Tuma, Tomasee), Grisons, Switzerland.
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Autumn scenery and Flaz river near Pontresina, Engadin, Switzerland.
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Bachalpsee or Bachsee is a lake with an area of 8.06 ha close to the First above Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The lake, located at an elevation of 2,265 m, is split by a natural dam, the smaller part of the lake being 6 m lower.
The Schreckhorn (4,078 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps. It is the highest peak located entirely in the canton of Berne. The Schreckhorn is the northernmost Alpine four-thousander and the northernmost summit rising above 4,000 metres in Europe. The Schreckhorn is located 10 km south-east of Grindelwald between the Upper and Lower Grindelwald Glacier. The region is made up of uninhabited glacial valleys, the great Aar Glaciers and the Fiescher Glacier.
Photo is taken during First - Schynige Platte hike. (Distance: 16.0 km, Ascent: 689m.)
Switzerland, Bachalpsee
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Oeschinen Lake (Oeschinensee) is a lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, 4 kilometres east of Kandersteg in the Oeschinen valley. At an elevation of 1578 metres, it has a surface area of 1.1147 square kilometres. Its maximum depth is 56 metres. A gondola lift from Kandersteg leads to Oeschinen, 25 minutes by foot from the lake. Since 2007 the lake is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn UNESCO World Heritage Site. As of summer 2021, a circumnavigation of Lake Oeschinen is not possible. The reason for this is the danger of an imminent rockfall on the south shore, which is why paths are closed there.
Switzerland, Oeschinensee Loop Hike
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Trail Ridge Road in the Colorado Rocky Mountains is still having snow. On the first day of summer they had another 2 feet of new snow. This photo was taken on 6/12/19, just a few days after the road was opened for the season. Approximately 12,000 feet high.
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View into the valley of the Anterior Rhine (Vorderrhein), located in the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland. The photo was taken during a hike from Oberalp Pass to Lake Toma (Lai da Tuma, Tomasee), which is considered to be the official source of the river Rhine.
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The Bernina Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy. It is considered to be part of the Rhaetian Alps within the Central Eastern Alps. It is one of the highest ranges of the Alps, covered with many glaciers. Piz Bernina (4,049 m (13,284 ft)), its highest peak, is the most easterly four-thousand-metre peak in the Alps. The peak in the range which sees the most ascents is Piz Palü.
Photo is taken from Diavolezza. September morning. Objects from left are: Piz Palü, Pers Glacier, Bellavista and Piz Bernina.
Switzerland, Diavolezza
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Oeschinen Lake (Oeschinensee) is a lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, 4 kilometres east of Kandersteg in the Oeschinen valley. At an elevation of 1578 metres, it has a surface area of 1.1147 square kilometres. Its maximum depth is 56 metres. A gondola lift from Kandersteg leads to Oeschinen, 25 minutes by foot from the lake. Since 2007 the lake is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn UNESCO World Heritage Site. As of summer 2021, a circumnavigation of Lake Oeschinen is not possible. The reason for this is the danger of an imminent rockfall on the south shore, which is why paths are closed there.
Switzerland, Oeschinensee Loop Hike
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Arnisee / Lake Arni, located in Central Switzerland.
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The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps, whose summit is 4,478 metres high, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe. The four steep faces, rising above the surrounding glaciers, face the four compass points and are split by the Hörnli, Furggen, Leone/Lion, and Zmutt ridges. The mountain overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt, in the canton of Valais, to the north-east and the Italian town of Breuil-Cervinia in the Aosta Valley to the south.
Morning. Telelens.
Switzerland, Rothorn
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Lyskamm (Liskamm, Lys, Silberbast) is a mountain (4,533m) in the Pennine Alps lying on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It consists of a five-kilometre-long ridge with two distinct peaks. The mountain has gained a reputation for seriousness because of the many cornices lying on the ridge and the frequent avalanches, thus leading to its nickname the Menschenfresser ("people eater"). Morning. Telelens.
Switzerland, Rothorn
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Engaging return to this Alpine valley after seven months.
The last snowfall in April still left pleasant traces on the higher peaks and north-facing slopes.
All the meadows are richly coloured with flowers and are a joy to behold.
Il Giardino Selvatico
Molto piacevole il ritorno in questa valle alpina, dopo sette mesi. Montagne ancora discretamente innevate, dopo una abbondante nevicata in Aprile, mentre nei boschi e nelle verdi praterie, le fioriture danno spettacolo.
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Finally on the road again, this time on the trail of the Tour of Mont Blanc.
Day started with lots of clouds, then a tense, cold wind coming down from France cleaned the sky a bit.
The shoulder of the Miage Glacier moraine behind the Cabane du Combal was impressive.
Finalmente ancora montagne ! Questa volta sulle tracce del Tour del Monte Bianco.
La giornata è iniziata con molte nuvole, poi un vento teso e gelido proveniente dal Col de la Seigne (Francia) ha pulito un po' il cielo dal pomeriggio.
Impressionante la spalla della morena del ghiacciaio del Miage, alle spalle della Cabane du Combal.
Quante cose belle da vedere, peccato non avere il dono dell'ubiquità ....
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The faded rucksacks of this pair of hikers tell of many beautiful adventures they had together, on their way to some refuge in the high valley.
Questa coppia di escursionisti, sono diretti in qualche rifugio in quota. I loro zaini sbiaditi raccontano mille avventure vissute insieme, ed io mi pento di aver "archiviato" il mio primo zaino di montagna; era un Bellora di colore rosso.
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One day it's summer, half a week later it's autumn, and the first snow has fallen on the peaks at night.
Un giorno è estate, dopo mezza settimana è autunno e la prima neve è arrivata di notte sulle cime.
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I took this photo on a hiking tour between Trockener Steg and Schwarzsee above Zermatt (the so-called Matterhorn Glacier Trail). I would assume that some decades ago the vast scree and boulder fields were covered by a glacier.
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A side valley of Valpelline, which opens towards the east after about 90 minutes of walking from the Prarayer refuge.
You can glimpse fom the path, a building to house shepherds (at 2170 mt); already from here the valley seen from below appears beautiful and wild.
Una valle laterale della Valpelline, che si apre verso est dopo circa 90 minuti di cammino dal rifugio Prarayer e già vista da questo punto, si annuncia bella e selvaggia.
Si intravede anche una costruzione di un alpeggio posta a quota 2.170 metri di altitudine.
Su map.schweizmobil.ch/ digitando
Tête de Valpelline e allargando la mappa, si intuisce uno sviluppo interessante
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The "Pyramides Calcaires" mark the horizon at the end of the Combal plan, once taken up by a lake.
At the right margin one can still see a fair thickness of glacier coming down from the Aiguille des Glaciers.
The border between Italy and France crosses above there.
I used a fast shutter speed, to prevent
the tense wind from moving me during the shot.
Come una Chimera
Le "Pyramides Calcaires" segnano l'orizzonte al termine del piano di Combal, una volta occupato da un lago.
Al margine destro si nota ancora un discreto spessore del ghiacciaio che scende dalla Aiguille des Glaciers, di fatto lì sopra passa il confine tra Italia e Francia.
Ho usato una velocità di scatto rapida, per evitare che
le raffiche di vento teso mi impedissero un mosso quasi inevitabile.
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The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps, whose summit is 4,478 metres high, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe. The four steep faces, rising above the surrounding glaciers, face the four compass points and are split by the Hörnli, Furggen, Leone/Lion, and Zmutt ridges. The mountain overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt, in the canton of Valais, to the north-east and the Italian town of Breuil-Cervinia in the Aosta Valley to the south.
Morning. Telelens.
Switzerland, Rothorn to Oberrothorn
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The granites of this part of the Mont Blanc massif also dominate the Ferret Valley, leaving the hiker photographer enthralled.
Anche i graniti di questa parte del massiccio del Monte Bianco, dominano la Val Ferret e ti lasciano senza parole.
Nel luglio 2006 avevo fatto un giro ad anello da Trappa (Val Sapin) 1505 mt- rif. Bertone 1991 mt - Mont de la Saxe 2345 mt - Tete de la Tronche 2580 mt - Col Sapin 2435 mt e poi da li in 2 ore ancora giù in Val Sapin.
Classificai quella escursione con un 10 definendolo trek perfetto. Questo giro autunnale per forza di cose più breve da Planpincieux (2h. 15 fino alla rosa dei venti sopra al rifugio Bertone), ripropone le stesse meraviglie che dominano la val Ferret, con una luce stagionale stupenda.
Il voto rimane lo stesso: 10.
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