Mont Touno 19.08.2012

Hike from St-Luc to the top of Mont Touno (3017m)
  • DSCN4917 Walking out of the funicular, Mont Touno rises in front of us.
  • DSCN4918 As a attraction, the history of the Universe.
  • DSCN4919 Up the valley and then left behind the peak
  • DSCN4920 Draining the high pastures of St-Luc
  • DSCN4921 Greg and larches
  • DSCN4922 Christine staying cool I
  • DSCN4923 Christine staying cool II
  • DSCN4924 Following the stream up the valley
  • DSCN4925 It was nice hiking in the shade
  • DSCN4927
  • DSCN4926 Turnout for a bisse no longer in use
  • DSCN4928 Turnout again
  • DSCN4929 Christine staying cool III
  • DSCN4930 Christine staying cool IV
  • DSCN4931 Diverging destinies
  • DSCN4932 Alpage: La Fache
  • DSCN4933 Wide-open spaces
  • DSCN4934 Christine staying cool V
  • DSCN4935 Christine staying cool VI
  • DSCN4937 We will see this stream again
  • DSCN4938 Diablerets and pierrier
  • DSCN4939 Approaching the final ascent
  • DSCN4940 I should know the name but I don't
  • DSCN4941 Now it gets steep
  • DSCN4942 La Dent Blanche
  • DSCN4943 For once we were not alone on the trail
  • DSCN4945 Trudging upward
  • DSCN4946 Rocks
  • DSCN4947 Matterhorn and Dent Blanche
  • DSCN4948 Can't get enough of the Dent Blanche
  • DSCN4949 Just a little breather...
  • DSCN4950 Breathing...
  • DSCN4951 Getting higher -Weisshorn
  • DSCN4952 Obergabellhorn and Matterhorn
  • DSCN4953 Dom in the MIschabel
  • DSCN4954 The slope slackens below the summit
  • DSCN4955 Up the last slope
  • DSCN4956 One foot in front of the other...
  • DSCN4957 Until you reach the bench at the top!
  • DSCN4958 Others were there, but we claimed the bench
  • DSCN4959 Nadelhorn and Dom
  • DSCN4960 Brunegghron, Bishorn and Weisshorn
  • DSCN4961 Weisshorn, Matterhorn and Dent Blanche
  • DSCN4962 Glacier de Moiry, Dent de Perrox, Pigne d'Arolla
  • DSCN4963 Mont Blanc de Cheillon, Grand Combin, Aiguilles Rouges d'Arolla
  • DSCN4964 Bec de Bosson
  • DSCN4965 Way in the haze: Dents du Midi, Alpes Vaudoises
  • DSCN4966 Les Diablerets and summit cairn
  • DSCN4967 Lunch on the bench
  • DSCN4968 Chillin'
  • DSCN4969 Bella Tola (mid-distance) Balmehorn and Petergrat in the distance
  • DSCN4970 Cirques
  • DSCN4973 Piles of rock
  • DSCN4972 Returning after exploring the summit
  • DSCN4971 So organized
  • DSCN4974 Rock art
  • DSCN4976 Enjoying herself
  • DSCN4977 Cooling her jets
  • DSCN4978 Nice breeze on the tootsies
  • DSCN4979 Starting down
  • DSCN4980 Easy to slide on the gravel
  • DSCN4981 Various horns
  • DSCN4982 Obergabelhorn and Matternhorn
  • DSCN4983 No more need of sticks
  • DSCN4984 Weisshorn I
  • DSCN4986 Weisshorn II
  • DSCN4987 Weisshorn III
  • DSCN4988 Almost off the steep part
  • DSCN4989 Marais and Les Diablerets
  • DSCN4992 Well-trodden
  • DSCN4993 not just by people
  • DSCN4994 CP and les Diablerets
  • DSCN4995 That same stream again
  • DSCN4996 That same alpage again
  • DSCN4997 Bella Tola
  • DSCN4998 Back down next to the babbling brook
  • DSCN4999 Cascades further down
  • DSCN5000 Very steep section of trail
  • DSCN5001 Looks so cold on this hot day!
  • DSCN5003 Refreshing!
  • DSCN5004 We were just on top of that!
  • DSCN5005 Now we're back in the resort!
  • DSCN5006 With its beautiful decor
  • DSCN5007 A shady fountain near the church
  • DSCN5008 Inviting...
  • DSCN5009 Suissitude
  • DSCN5010 More Suissitude
  • DSCN5012 It's been a long day!
  • DSCN5013 Too beautiful!