20th June to 1st July 2011 - Switzerland
Walk Details
Photos taken during a business trip to Switzerland. I flew into Geneva airport on Monday 20th June 2011 and stayed in Morges on the north shore of Lake Geneva. On Saturday 25th June 2011 I visited the nearby village of L'Isle and the surrounding countryside. On Sunday 26th June 2011 I visited the resort of Glacier 3000. I also made a trip on Friday 1st July 2011 to Lac Bleu before my flight back late in the afternoon.
Views across Lake Geneva...........
Hidden under the cloud is Mont Blanc
The fountain in the lake at Geneva
By the lake in Morges
In the town of Morges
The train station at Apples on Saturday morning. I caught the train in Morges and got off at Apples to change trains for my destination of L'Isle.
The chateau in L'Isle
Pictures of the village of L'Isle. The river La Venoge (a tributary of the Rhone) runs through the village and has its source nearby.
Approaching "Le Chauderon"..
"Le Chauderon", the principle source of La Venoge. The geology in this area is limestone and the river rises out of the ground.
In the countryside above L'Isle....
The Jura
"Le Puis". The superior source of La Venoge. The river was a dry valley above "Le Chauderon" and it's only in times of heavy rain and wet weather that the river comes out of this hole in the ground.
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The river is held back in a pool and pours over this retaining wall
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Heading back to L'Isle....
Pictures taken on the train back down to Morges....
Sunday morning in Aigle train station on my trip to Glacier 3000. I'd caught the train in Morges and got off at Aigle. From here there would normally by another train to take me up to Les Diablerets but part of the line is under repair. So it was a bus from Aigle to Le Sepey and then a train up to Les Diablerets.
In Le Sepey..
Pictures taken on the train journey up to Les Diablerets....
In Les Diablerets. My final part of the journey was to take the postbus up to Col du Pillon for the cable car to Glacier 3000.
Start of the cable car ride at Col du Pillon
At Cabane at the start of the second cable car ride up to Scex Rouge at 2971m and the Glacier 3000 resort
Up to the destination of Scex Rouge
Views from the cable car.....
Views from the observation point at Glacier 3000.....
The mountain lake that can be seen is Arnensee
The peak of Oldenhorn (3123m) behind the cable car station
A view across to the main peaks of the Alps
Diablerets (3209m)
Dent Blanche (4357m) and the Matterhorn (4478m)
The highest peak on the right is the Weisshorn (4506m)
Just over the left shoulder of the Oldenhorn the snow capped peaks in the distance are..
The Eiger (3970m), Monch (4099m) and Jungfrau (4158m)
Views from the restaurant eating area...
The chairlift down to the glacier
The Apline Coaster bobsleigh track
Back up on the observation point again
Weisshorn, Dent Blanche and the Matterhorn
Lake Geneva can just be made out in the distance
Views from the cable car back to Cabane....
On the cable car back to Col du Pillon
Back in Morges and by the shore of Lake Geneva.....
A gap in the mountains allows a view of, if the weather allows it..
Mont Blanc
Friday morning and I'm heading to Val d'Arolla to visit Lac Bleu
Pigne d'Arolla (3796m)
Dent Blanche
The trail up to Lac Bleu starts in the village of La Gouille
On the trail up to Lac Bleu..
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By Lac Bleu........
Mont Collon (3637m)
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Back in La Gouille..
Les pyramides d'Euseigne on the way back down into the valley