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!