The Top of (W) Europe

Tour de Mont Blanc 2005

Easy way up from Chamonix

Easy way up from Chamonix

24 Jul 2005 116
Telecabine to Plan Praz - the easiest way to start the TMB!
Grey Vastness

Grey Vastness

24 Jul 2005 283
Looking into the Mer De Glace from near Lac Blanc. It isn't all blue skies and pretty sunsets in the Alps!
Alpine Meadow

Alpine Meadow

24 Jul 2005 137
Alpine flowers
Climbing to Lac Blanc

Climbing to Lac Blanc

24 Jul 2005 101
View back to Mont Blanc massif approaching Lac Blanc
Ominous Clouds

Ominous Clouds

24 Jul 2005 126
Unusual clouds
Chamonix

Chamonix

25 Jul 2005 134
Our hotel in Chamonix with Mont Blanc in the clouds behind
Sheltering from the Breeze

Sheltering from the Breeze

25 Jul 2005 90
Taking refuge behind a cairn opposite the Glacier du Tour
Border Post

Border Post

25 Jul 2005 141
Another day, another country
Happy Hikers

Happy Hikers

25 Jul 2005 138
Alpine walking
I want to go that way!

I want to go that way!

25 Jul 2005 120
Looking towards the Trient Glacier and the Fenetre d'Arpette (maybe next time)
Goat Abode

Goat Abode

26 Jul 2005 130
Goats need somewhere to live too (Col de la Forclaz)
Steaming Cows

Steaming Cows

26 Jul 2005 109
Some Swiss cows, appropriately on the Bovine Alp
Champex Reflection

Champex Reflection

27 Jul 2005 118
Lac de Champex
Don't Eat Me

Don't Eat Me

27 Jul 2005 107
Probably not one to eat
Log Ends

Log Ends

27 Jul 2005 142
Log study
Swiss Road Skiing

Swiss Road Skiing

27 Jul 2005 159
Swiss jogging?
Alpine Window

Alpine Window

27 Jul 2005 129
Val de Ferret village
Val de Ferret Windows

Val de Ferret Windows

27 Jul 2005 107
Val de Ferret take 2
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