The forecast for the next few days is sun, sun and more sun… 🙂   So today I set off with my snowshoes to see how far I could walk up the Ferpècle valley.  I knew the road would be closed from La Forclaz, so that made for an interesting, but quite long, start.  I passed four ladies, whose average age must have been at least 75 and later there were two sets of ski touring parties whizzing down to La Forclaz but, otherwise, I saw no-one.

A decent path had been created up to the small reservoir and it was there that I needed to put on the snowshoes.  The going was hard, with every step sinking about a foot into the snow, but the effort was well worth it as I reached the open valley floor.  The view was quite simply amazing.  It was just me, the Tree Creeper (see picture below) and snow as far as the eye could see.

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  1. Beautywhizz Avatar

    Wow, the combination of white snow and blue sky is unbeatable. Sweet baby lambs. Jealous about your forecast 😉

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    1. Mike Hawtree Avatar

      Yes, the contrast is amazing. The blue looks even more blue, and the white, almost blinding. We’ve been waiting for the sun for a few weeks now – it had to appear sometime. 🙂

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      1. Mike Hawtree Avatar

        Thanks Tammy. I took about 190 photos (including quite a few to make the panoramics), so it was hard whittling them down. And we have more blue skies today… 🙂

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  2. Tammy Twinkle Avatar

    Great pics!

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  3. […] limits due to the risk of avalanche, not to mention the depth of the snow, so I decided to repeat a walk I did waaay back in March 2016.  My hope and aim was to find some pristine snow to photograph in the Ferpècle […]

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