Tour du Mont Blanc - View from the back of the pack Photo Gallery by Bryan Murahashi at pbase.com

Tour du Mont Blanc - View from the back of the pack

Day 1 - Morning from the hotel	Ben with his luggage	Jean-Pat rounding up all the hikers	Distributing the days picnic lunch
Walking to the Le Brevent cable car	At the Le Brevent	Jean-Pat at the map	Going up in the cable car
Starting our hike	Hike	Marmot watching the trails	View back
At the Reserve Naturelle Aiguilles Rouges	Crossing a little snow field	Flowers	Walking into the clouds
Still going up	Susan and I are going back down	Cable car back down to Chamonix	Burgers at the Bighorn Bistro in Chamonix
Inside the Église Saint-Michel church	Susan and I abreviated Ascent Profile	Day 2 - Chalet Hotel in Les Houches	Arve River
Walk through Les Houches	House	Télécabine de Bellevue	View from the top of the Bellevue
View of Chamonix	Starting our hike	Crossing the train tracks	On the trail
View to the right	Mont Vorassay	Crossing the Bionnassay torrent	Going Up
View of a Glacier during a break	Seeing the top	At the top of Col de Tricot	Col de Tricot
Lunch is at the bottom.	Starting our long downhill	Trail	Taking a break
Flowers	Another break	Dômes de Miage	Refuge et Village de Miage
Refuge et Village de Miage	Looking back at the Col de Tricot	Lupines	Lunch by a stream
After lunch - rain gear	Dômes de Miage after a steep short ascent	A bit of horizontal walking	Cow with ringing cow bell
Another Auberge	Wet wildflowers	Down the road	Closer to town
Entering the Les Contamines in the Val Montjoie	Our Acent Profile	Our Descent Profile	The days hiking profile
Day 3 -Sunrise Rays	Sunrise Shadows	La Gelinotte at Les Contamines-Montjoie	Getting Ready
Took a taxi to the trail head	Notre Dame de la Gorge	Notre Dame de la Gorge	Bon Nant
Notre Dame de la Gorge	Starting our short steep hike	More alpine cows	Trail
Bryan	Cold drinks at Refuge La Balme	Looking Back	Going up
Snow crossing	Snow crossing	Near the Top	Down the other side of the saddle
Drinks at Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme	View	Downhill	Down to the valley
Nearing the road	Getting closer	Ben fell into the well	100 m more
Arrival Refuge Auberge de la Nova	Day 3 Ascent Profile	Day 4 - Morning in Les Chapieux	Camping in Les Chapieux
Taxi to La Ville Des Glaciers	Visit a dairy	Making some cheese	Wheels of cheese
Cutting some cheese for lunch	Calfs	Starting our days hike	View
Stop at Refuge des Mottets	Flags	Ruins	Going up
Taking a break	Enjoying the view	Nearing the Top	At the Italian border
Italian Border	Bryan	The group at the Italian border	ahh, Italy
Descending to La Casermetta al Col de la Seigne	La Casermetta al Col de la Seigne	Lunch	Alain
After lunch	Wild flowers	WWII Barbed Wire boundary	Walking through the WWII battlefield
Snowfield	Descending	Rifugio Elisabetta	12 Beds on one side of the wall
Charging	Day 4 Ascent Profile	Day 4 Descent Profile	Day 4 Profile
Day 5 - Jean-Pat checking the weather	River from Aiguille des Glaciers	Shelter from the passing squall	After the squall
Aiguille des Glaciers	On the TMB	Aiguille des Glaciers	Walking on a road
Punta Baretti	Stream	This way	To the ups
TMB	Punta Baretti	Punta Baretti	Starting our descent
Lunch at Rifugio Maison Vieille	After Lunch	Down to our night stay	View of Courmayeur
Common Blue	Five-spot Burnet	Hiking the road	Fritillary butterfly
Back on the trail	Getting closer	Old Courmayeur	Tomorrows steep climb
Our Hotel	Pork and vegetables	Dessert	Last light
Day 5 Ascent Profile	Day 5 Descent Profile	Day 5 Profile	Day 6 - Morning in Courmayeur
Leaving Courmayeur	Church of Saint Pantaleon	Hike up the road	Group
Starting the TMB	Steep	Hang glider and drones	Ben's view
Nice view from the trail	Cold drinks at Rifugio Giorgio Bertone	Rifugio Giorgio Bertone	Still going up
Geie Tunnel Del Monte Bianco	Nice trail	Lunch view	Lunch
View	Soaking and cool River	Bill, Ben and Bryan	Back on the trail
Buongiorno!	Rifugio Alpino Walter Bonatti	A nicer Rifugio	Power strips
Lasagna	Pork and vegetables	It was delicious	Dusk
Rifugio Alpino Walter Bonatti	Day 6 Ascent Profile	Day6 Profile	Day 7 - Dawn at Rifugio Alpino Walter Bonatti
Sunrise	Morning view	Going this way	Starting our hike
Rushing cascade	Window	View behind	Ben Sweep
Looks like the valley is ending	Our first electrified fence	After a long descent - Chalet Val Ferret	Road
Cold drinks at Refuge Hélène	Starting our ascent	Up	View down to Refuge Hélène
Still up	View behind	View ahead	Lunch
Lunch View	Swiss border	Swiss Border	Descent
At the border	Daisies	Long Descent	Going to La Fouly - After a break
Still going down	Our destination in the distance	On the road to La Fouly - Val Ferret	Maya Joie, L'auberge
Cheese Fondue for dinner	Day 7 Ascent Profile	Day 7 Descent Profile	Day 7 Profile
Day 8 - Morning at Maya Joie, L'auberge	Fireweed	Maya Joie, L'auberge	Luggage Taxi
Jean-Pat and Costina going to our taxi	Taxi ride to Champex	Off the taxi	Champex
The three of us	Champex-Lac	Champex	Chapelle des Arolles
Champex-Lac	Walking around the lake	Our hikers starting at the lake	Chapelle Protestante
End of the lake	Stream	Chapelle Protestante	Duck
Taxi ride view of Martigny	I biked down this road/curve to Martigny	25 years ago at Col de la Forclaz	Hôtel du Col de la Forclaz
Cold drinks and coffee	Taking a little walk	Trient	View
Catwalk trail	Our hot room	Chicken and Cauliflower	Day 9 - Morning at Col de la Forclaz
Morning	At Chamonix	My last night Hotel	Jean-Pat's Map to our last night stay
Hang Gliders	Our bus to the Montroc bus stop	Trail	Trail
Auberge la Boerne	Smiles	Day 10 - Morning	For the remaining hikers, the days ascent
Returning to the bus stop	Montroc le Planet train station	Ben relaxing at the Tourist Info office	Positif
Passing Train

globalgadabout		01-Aug-2022 01:22
a thorough piece of work documenting your ambitious hiking/climbing program...well done Bryan..

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