Worth the Climb

Looking back to the Mont Blanc massif from the Col de Fenestral

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Priceless Panoramas on the Quiet Side of the Mountains

September 9th 2023
Fresh from a relaxing couple of days in Geneva, I headed an hour south to the Alpine Mecca of Chamonix in the shadow of Mont Blanc, where the crowds of people were even thicker than usual due to the UTMB ultra-marathon. This was all the reason I needed to avoid both the town and the mountain upon which its fame rests - for the time being at least - in favour of a night spent at a quiet little oasi ... read more

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