April 2 arrival (9)
Looking north from hotel room balcony. Lot of construction trash melting out of snow.
Looking north from hotel room balcony. Lot of construction trash melting out of snow.
Main square and church in Gressoney La Trinite. Pretty small square but then again GLT is not a big village.
Looking north from hotel room at Castor in center; Lyskamm peak is hidden to right in clouds.
My flight from Paris to Turin; flying right over Geneva. You can see the Geneva airport to the right of the engine.
Stitch photo of part of Olen piste on Alagna side. Major peak in distance is Mont Tagliaferro.
The Pianalunga-Bocchetta chair with Corno Blanco in the far distance (the highest peak).
Stitch photo of Pianalunga-Bocchetta chair. Alagna valley on left and large cliff that the new tram goes over on the right.
Old abandoned tram going from Bocchetta to Punta Indren. I think it has been out of service for about four years but doesn't look like any plans to get rid of it.
Panoramic photo looking northwest from top of Pianalunga-Bocchetta chair. Top of Monte Rosa is cut off. Opps.
Riding the Pianalunga-Bocchetta chair and looking down Mullero piste. Great corn snow. Olen piste in the far distance across the valley.
Liquid lunch. Menabrea beer, one of the few local beers. Ok quality but we have much more variety and better quality beers here in the US. Didn't think I would ever say that.
Olen piste again. Taken with new Sony tx-10 with panoramic photo feature. Turned out reasonably well.
Looking back up Olen piste. Steeper than it looks in the photo; about 30 degrees. Sloppy, sloppy corn snow; almost like waterskiing.
Midstation of the Pianalunga-Salati tram. Stitch photo looking to the south.
Looking down the line of the Pianalunga-Salati tram from the midstation. Each side is a complete separate tram system.
Closeup of the terrain above the Olen piste; there are ski track leading to a couloir in the cliff face with the exit to the left.
Panoramic photo from top of Gabiet-Lago chair, and looking down top part of Castore piste.
Stitch photo of Stafal village with Delle Marmote piste across the valley (then closed from halfway down). Taken from bottom of Moos piste.
Riding the St. Anna-Colle Betta chair and looking at part of the Pistone Betta piste. Not many folks on it.
Better stitch photo of Salati piste with a 270 degree view. Clouds finally started to break up late in the day.
