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Col du Petit Saint Bernard - 2188 m
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It's raining on the next pass "Col du Petit Saint Bernard" (2188 m), where we cross the border from Italy to France. - scanned slides, Minolta X700
pass no. 29 - Col du Petit Saint Bernard (2188 m), Italy-France - day 5
Col du Petit Saint Bernard - 2188 m
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It's raining on the next pass "Col du Petit Saint Bernard" (2188 m), where we cross the border from Italy to France. - scanned slides, Minolta X700
pass no. 29 - Col du Petit Saint Bernard (2188 m), Italy-France - day 5
Grand Saint Bernard - south ramp
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Back in Italy again, on the way south to Aosta. - scanned slide, Minolta X700
pass no. 28 - Grand Saint Bernard (2473 m), Switzerland-Italy - day 5
Col du Grand Saint Bernard - 2473 m
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It was raining a lot during the motorcycle trip on this pass (PiP's), so I inserted a photo from another trip in 1990 here, with blue sky ;-)) - scanned slides, Minolta X700
pass no. 28 - Grand Saint Bernard (2473 m), Switzerland-Italy - day 5
Grand Saint Bernard - 2473 m
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scanned slide, Minolta X700
pass no. 28 - Grand Saint Bernard (2473 m), Switzerland-Italy - day 5
Grand Saint Bernard - 2473 m
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And the weather becomes worse, it's raining now. This is the north ramp of Gr. Saint Bernard. - scanned slide, Minolta X700
pass no. 28 - Grand Saint Bernard (2473 m), Switzerland-Italy - day 5
Barrage des Toules
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On the way to Grand Saint Bernard you pass the reservoir of Lac des Toules. The concrete arch dam has been built in 1963 with the height of 86 m. The dam crest is 460 m long and the the reservoir has a volume of over 20 Mio. m³ and a catchment of 37.5 km². - scanned slide, Minolta X700.
Biel - Rhone valley
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The little village Biel in the upper Rhone valley - Switzerland.
scanned slide, Minolta X700
Nufenenpass - 2478 m
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And the next pass is Nufenen pass (2478 m), the view shows us the Gries glacier in the left background with the barrage of Gries lake. - scanned slide, Minolta X700
pass no. 27 - Nufenenpass (2478 m), Switzerland - day 5
Nufenenpass - 2478 m
Grimselpass road
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Looking back to the serpentines of Grimselpass, seen from the southern part of Furka road, to the right is river Rhone (Rotten). - scanned slide, Minolta X700
Grimselpass - European watershed
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Grimselpass is the watershed between North Sea and Mediterranean Sea. - scanned slide, Minolta X700
pass no. 26 - Grimselpass (2164 m), Switzerland - day 5
Grimselpass and Totesee - 2164 m
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scanned slide, Minolta X700
pass no. 26 - Grimselpass (2164 m), Switzerland - day 5
Grimselpass - south ramp
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Coming down from Furkapass we look down to the village "Gletsch" (1830 opened the first inn there), the river Rhone and the Grimselpass road serpentines, our next destination. - scanned slide, Minolta X700
pass no. 26 - Grimselpass (2164 m), Switzerland - day 5
Furkapass - Rhone glacier
Furkapass - west ramp
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Looking back to the west ramp serpentines, the Rohne glacier and Hotel Belvedere. The PiP shows the glacial polish of the former hanging glacier. - scanned slide, Minolta X700 - pass no. 25 - Furkapass (2436 m), Switzerland - day 5
Furkapass road - Hotel Belvedere
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Morning backligbht on the Furkapass road. - scanned slide, Minolta X700
pass no. 25 - Furkapass (2436 m), Switzerland - day 5
blast furnace U4 - HFF!
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Steel works Uckange
HFF and a hot but safe weekend everyone!
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