{"id":2989,"date":"2015-12-24T19:46:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T19:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphimages.wpengine.com\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:35:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:35:26","slug":"chamonix-revisited-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2015\/12\/chamonix-revisited-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamonix revisited II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tramway du Mont-Blanc<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TMB-Jeanne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tramway de Mont-Blanc - Jeanne\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TMB-Jeanne-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Wikipedia on TMB\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mont_Blanc_Tramway\">Tramway du Mont-Blanc<\/a> starts outside the Chamonix valley at <a title=\"Wikipedia on St Gervais Le Fayet\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gare_de_Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le_Fayet\">St. Gervais-Le-Fayet<\/a> and climbs 1792 m to the Nid d&#8217;Aigle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/NiddAigleGlacier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Nid d'Aigle glacier\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/NiddAigleGlacier-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/NiddAigleView.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2991\" title=\"Nid d'Aigle view\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/NiddAigleView-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/NiddAigleView-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/NiddAigleView-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/NiddAigleView.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Views from around the Nid d&#8217;Aigle (L) of the terminus of the Bionnassay glacier and (R) towards Bellevue and Le Prarion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bellevue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2994\" title=\"Bellevue\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bellevue-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bellevue-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bellevue-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bellevue.jpg 1725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PrarionView.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Prarion view\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PrarionView-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Views from the Prarion (L) towards the Bellevue stop, with the Nid d&#8217;Aigle in the far distance and (R) up the Chamonix valley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grands Montets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GrandMontetsGlaciers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grand Montets glaciers\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GrandMontetsGlaciers-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GrandMontetsGlaciers2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grand Montets glaciers\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GrandMontetsGlaciers2-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Views of the <a title=\"Wikipedia on Argentiere glacier\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argenti%C3%A8re_Glacier\">Argenti\u00e8re glacier<\/a> from the Grands Montets cable car station (3275 m).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DistantAiguille.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Distant Aiguille\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DistantAiguille-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/LacBlanc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lac Blanc\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/LacBlanc-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using the camera as a telescope from Grands Montets (L) down the Chamonix valley towards the Aiguille du Midi and (R) across the other side of the valley to the Lac Blanc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Crevasses.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Crevasses\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Crevasses-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TarteAuxMyrtilles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tarte aux myrtilles\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TarteAuxMyrtilles-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(L) Self explanatory sign! (R) A well loaded tarte aux myrtilles at the Lognan intermediate station (1972 m).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AiguillesRouges.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Aiguilles Rouges\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AiguillesRouges-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>View across the valley to the <a title=\"Wikipedia on the Aiguilles Rouges\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aiguilles_Rouges\">Aiguilles Rouges<\/a> at the start of a walk from Lognan down into Chamonix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tramway du Mont-Blanc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2],"tags":[143,190,41,91,56,29],"class_list":["post-2989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-france","category-places","tag-alps","tag-france","tag-lake","tag-mountains","tag-snow-ice","tag-trains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}