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Trient, Switzerland - population 240
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Trient River
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another view from the hike to Fenetre d'Arpette
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another view from the hike to Fenetre d'Arpette
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So after a long scramble to the mountain pass (Col), my hiking buddy and I had lunch there. Here's a look back at where we came from.
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At the pass, we had a great eye-level view of Trient Glacier
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Here's a look at the path ahead. It was all downhill from here to Trient
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On the way up Fenetre d'Arpette in the Swiss Alps, hiking from Champex Lac to Trient
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Rough going the last mile to the pass. Notice the red and white "trail" marker painted on the boulder on the left
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On the way up Fenetre d'Arpette in the Swiss Alps, hiking from Champex Lac to Trient
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Our last look at the Italian Alps from Grand Col Ferret as we hiked over the pass (elev. 8,323 ft) into Switzerland
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Abandoned dairy farm high in the Italian Alps
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A look at the Alps through the window frame of an abandoned farmhouse
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A look back as I hiked a ridge looking over Val Ferret (ferret valley?)
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The tip of Mont Blanc peeking out from the clouds
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I started my alpine trek in the village of Courmayeur, Italy. Here's a look back on my way up into the mountains.
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Southern face of Mont Blanc as seen on my way hiking up out of Courmayeur
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Red Admiral
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Wall Brown
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Old World Swallowtail
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Our first view of the French side of Mont Blanc
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At the Swiss/French border on our hike from Trient, Switzerland to Argentiere, France
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Meleager's Blue
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Brown Argus
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Damon Blue male and female
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Damon Blue
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Chalkhill Blue
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Great Banded Grayling on Silver Thistle
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Marbled White
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High in the French Alps above Chamonix Valley
