Photo: Day 3
20.2.2015
Photos from the flight around Bern Alps - from Sion to Sion and
from the later flight that day from Sion to Grenoble. Here you can
see the peaks of Diablerets, Jungfrau, Monch, North Face of
Eiger, Mont Blanc and several glaciers.
Morning at Sion airport
The peaks and ski run of Diablerets - 3100 m above sea level
Diablerets from the west
Eastern tip of Geneva Lake with the town of Montreux
Diablerets in detail
Upper part of the skiing area around Gstaad, Switzerland
The snow area supplying several glaciers around the top peaks of Bern Alps
Three main summits of the Bern Alps - from the right Jungfrau, Monch, Eiger
Jungfrau summit (4158 m asl)
Monch summit (4107 m asl)
North Face of Eiger (3970 m asl) - here the famous trademark was born
North Face of Eiger - in full view
Rhone glacier (Rhonegletscher) – Bern Alps
Second branch of Rhone glacier
Leukerbard - alpine skiing station with thermal springs
Eastern suburbs of Sion
Rhone valley at Martigny, Switzerland
First glimpse of Mont Blanc 4810 m asl, France
Argentiere glacier, France
Argentiere glacier, France
White valley (Vallee Blanche), massif Mont Blanc
Aiguille du Midi - over Chamonix, France
Chamonix, France
Aiguille du Midi, massif Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc and a glacier on its north-west side
The Mont Blanc glacier in detail
A proof we indeed flew around Mont Blanc
The last glimpse of Mont Blanc from the French side
Albertville, France
Isére Airport, Grenoble, France
Grenoble and the Alps in the back
Ski runs over Grenoble, France
Ski runs over Grenoble, France
L´Alp d´Huez, Alpine station, France
L´Alp d´Huez airport, France
This photo showed us that we can only land at L´Alp d´Huez with skis.
Club airport at Grenoble where we finally landed
The peaks over Courchevel, France
Mont Blanc from the South
The ray of providence
The sun is setting down very quickly
The last glimps of sun over the Alps
Valley and the town of Aosta on landing