Snow Bowl Spilling Over

The Glacier du Trient, seen from just below the Fenetre d'Arpette

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Closing the Loop with the 'Fellowship of the Trail'

September 22nd 2023
Leaving the campground in Val Veni after three nights in my tent, I rejoined the Tour du Mont Blanc where I had left it two days earlier, one hour down the road in the town of Courmayeur. But having dropped down into the bed of the Val d'Aosta (into which both the Val Veni and Italian Val Ferret flow) there was only one direction the trail could go: up. At first the gradient was gentle as the rout ... read more

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