Tour du Mont Blanc (Mont Blanc Circuit)
July 4 - July 20, 2014
Part Three - Tour du Mont Blanc - Courmayeur, Italy back to Chamonix, France
Page Thirteen - Hike 9 - Col de la Forclaz, Switzerland to
Argentiere, France continued
Sandy, Susan, Harold, Mike, & Joe at our lunch spot overlooking
Chamonix valley and Mont Blanc. We stayed here for a very
long time, enjoying the beauty.
A view from our lunch area
Mountain flowers in the foreground with Mont Blanc
and Chamonix valley below.
Close-up of the snow on part of Mont Blanc massif
Lac d'Emosson
At the marker for the
Switzerland and France border
Close-up view of Mont Blanc with a few wispy clouds and Aiguille du Midi
and cable car station in the foreground
Continuing on the hike to the Argentiere area, with almost
constant views of
Mont Blanc and the surrounding mountains
Chamonix Valley and Chamonix below
Avalanche fence put up to try to protect the towns and ski resorts in
the valley below
View of Mont Blanc in the distance from the town
of Argentiere near Chamonix.
Mont Blanc, when not covered by clouds, is easily seen from Argentiere
Aiguille du Midi and Mont Blanc from Argentiere
Jeff and Pat took the cable car to Aiguille du Midi our second
day in Chamonix before the guided Tour du Mont Blanc began.
Aiguille du Midi is now partially in clouds with Mont Blanc and
Les Bosses
(the Bumps) now briefly cloud free
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