Perfect weather in Chamonix today. We have been waiting for
this day to catch the cable car to Aguille du Midi. Up early and on the 7.45
cable car to the top. We immediately transferred to a second cable car which
goes across the icefields to Point Hellbrun in Italy. The views across the
mountains and glaciers were amazing and of course we took way too many photos.
Spent 45 minutes at Point Hellbrun and then headed back to
Aguille du Midi for coffee, hot chocolate and croissants (can you see a bit of
a theme here?). Aguille du Midi is at 3840m and we felt the altitude as we were
climbing the steps. Overall we coped OK with the altitude and none of us succumbed
to altitude sickness.
In the distance we could see the Matterhorn. The destination
for our first hike.
We headed down to the middle cable car station (Plan de L’Aiguille
at 2300m) for lunch by Lac Bleu a 15 minute walk from the cable car station.
Lac Bleu still had ice floating in it.
Afternoon shopping in downtown Chamonix and relaxing.
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| Kate standing on the veranda of our apartment |
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| Mont Blanc |
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| Matterhorn in the far distance |
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| Chamonix |
Lovely mountain pictures. Mt Lofty should be called Mt Notlofty. The chooks are still laying on Mt Notlofty. No hot chocolate or croissants there. Only eggs. Love Mum.
ReplyDeleteLovely mountain pictures. Mt Lofty should be called Mt Notlofty. The chooks are still laying on Mt Notlofty. No hot chocolate or croissants there. Only eggs. Love Mum.
ReplyDeleteMatterhorn looks very small in the distance. You have a long way to walk!! Great photos.
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