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Alpine touring in Chamonix

April 09, 2005

Here are a few images from a few days recently spent in Chamonix, European mountaineering Mecqua. Alpine touring is similar to trekking in its spirit: it is about enjoying a natural mountain environment and often involves much physical effort to climb up before being able to ski down. In Chamonix, where ski lifts bring skiers and mountaineers high in the mountains, that physical challenge is sometimes reduced, though...

Alpine touring skiers on glacier
Alpine touring skiers on glacier
Skier silhouettes carrying skis and mountain
Skier silhouettes carrying skis and mountain
Snowboarder and crevasses
Snowboarder and crevasses
Skier in telepherique
Skier in telepherique
Skieur at the Aiguille du Midi
Skieur at the Aiguille du Midi
Skiers starting Vallee Blanche descent
Skiers starting Vallee Blanche descent
Forest and snowcapped mountain
Forest and snowcapped mountain
Chamonix snowboarding
Chamonix snowboarding
Lenticular cloud on mountain summit
Lenticular cloud on mountain summit
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