weekend of 23/07/2006: The Mont Blanc
Thibaut mission was to capture the sunrise at dawn: there is no witness but he has shown in support !!!!!
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After a great night, we are all shaped to hit the road and especially approach the Mont Blanc, which we admired from the house.
After parking the bikes in front the station, we expect the Mont Blanc tramway
Train the oldest in the valley! In 1902, Henry Duportal engineer of Roads and Bridges, head of the line Cluses PLM-Le Fayet, laid the idea of a tram line intended to connect the Fayet / St Gervais at the Needle Taste the first step towards the summit of Mount Blanc.Ce project was unanimously in both its lower cost than others, that by the 18 kilometers of which are held open and borrows the natural slopes of the southern slope Mont Blanc. The solution of the cog railway was therefore adopted to achieve Taste of the Needle. The track has been no change in course since its inception.
Here it is everybody is installed, Jeanne left for 1 hour ascent
The small cog train starts at the village of Fayet for an amazing journey of over an hour going through several panoramas.Vers Saint-Gervais, the traveler discovers the village, blending traditional cottages and farms.
After a few minutes off the train climbs the mountain Prarion around it, through a forest of hardwoods and pine. To pass Voza (1600 meters), the landscape opens onto the Arve Valley to the north, south and Les Contamines. The Aravis unfolds then begins to appear the Aiguilles Rouges. TMB winds up in the pastures Bellevue offering breathtaking show of hands from Chamonix, Domes Miage while taking shape with great precision the chaos of ice and rock of Mont Blanc.
We arrived at the foot of Glacier Bionnassay, which please the eye throughout this sumptuous climb!
Installation for the picnic
After lunch short walk to the glacier Bionassay
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The time has come to leave
After changing the switch, he will catch the tram, it is where the brake!
The mountain is tiring!
Crossing tram
And the day ends, as esure and the descent, we find the heat! We will resume our way back. Bye mountain