Lac de Fenestre, 11 June 2006

Woke up at 7, met the first round of colleagues on the parking lot at the office at 9, drove about 90 minutes to meet the other round of colleagues at Madone de Fenestre (1903 m.), hiked 360 m. up and more than the 90 minutes announced. It was beautiful.

See also the flickr set (8 photos).

Cows grazing by a stream

Grazing

Madone de Fenestre, 1903 m. Lac de Fenestre is an hour away. Let's go...

1903 m.

Water cascading to become the stream by which the cows graze below.

Fall

Mountains in front, behind, around, mountains everywhere

Mountains

Our group crossing a stream by a glacier

Glacier

Cedric perched on a round rock

Cedric

Close-up of some pink/mauve wild flowers

Wild flowers

We're almost in the clouds

Clouds

A chamois running below us

Chamois

A chamois running below us

Chamois

Surrounded by blue mountains.

Mountains

A cloud made itself comfortable on top of the mountain in front of us

Cloud

Close-up of yellow wild flowers near a rock

Wild flowers

At last! We made it to the lake (Lac de Fenestre)

The lake

Getting closer to the lake.

Lake


Koalie, 2006