TOUR DU MONT BLANC PHOTOS from July 2004
 
Sunday 18th July

Looking down on Courmayeur from near the Refuge Bertone
   
Sunday 18th July

Heading up onto the ridge of Monte de la Saxe - Just follow the crowd
   
Rifiugio Bonatti - I stayed here on the night of 18th July - There were all nationalities staying - English, French, Dutch, Danish and Italians- all very friendly
   
19th July - walking down the lane in Val Ferret towards the Refuge Elena
   
19th July

On the Grand Col Ferret 2537m and the cloud was low obscuring the view
   
19th July

Refreshments at La Peula on the way down to La Fouly
   
Hotel Edelweiss in La Fouly on the night of 19th July. I had a nice single room en suite with TV
   
   
Pension En Plein Air, I sayed in the Dortoir on the night of 20th July
   
21st July - The track heading up towards the Fenetre d' Arpette on a beautiful morning
   
The Fenetre d' Arpette is the low notch on the skyline
   
   
   
Getting closer and there is a large party in front of me. Once on that slope care is required due to loose stones and boulders
   
On the Fenetre d ' Arpette, quite a crowd up here having lunch but what a viewpoint  
     
On the way down to the Trient Valley from the Fenetre d' Arpette  
     
July 22nd - The track up to the Col de Balme  
     
The Refuge on the Col Du Balme  
     
The View across the Chamonix Valley from near La Flegere on 22nd July  
     
The view in the evening from the Refuge La Flegere  
     
July 23rd - Looking back towards La Flegere on the last day  
     
The Cable car station at Le Brevente.  
     
Nearly at Le Brevente  
     
Les Houches Railway Station - the end of the walk, it all started here last year when I commenced the first part of the walk to Courmayeur. Those four days were a a great start to Alpine walking for a beginner. This years walk which started in Courmayeur was a wonderful experience and when I look back I find it hard to believe what I had done.

There was a lot of planning involved and I enjoyed every minute of the whole experience, I met lots of nice people from many different countries, I stayed in hotels and refuges in three different countries and the whole holiday was remarkably easy. Anyone can do it - the only problem now is what to do next year

 
     
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