Blue Lake and moraines Blaitière
Blue Lake and glacier moraines Blaitière
Mont Blanc. August 2006
A loop trail off at the foot of the peaks of Chamonix, at the borders of the high mountain, which rises the chaos of granite boulders at the foot of the Aiguille du sorry for him to come on top of the moraine Blaitière then down to the Blue Lake, embedded as a mineral, or change marmots and weasels ... Very beautiful views on the climbing routes of the west face of the slabs or Blaitière northwest comb, the edge of Butterflies. This is an opportunity to see evolve climbers.
The route is not very long, but asked to have his foot mountain, to evolve into a very rocky terrain, across four blocks from erosion, and displaced by advances glacaires. No balance, need to "put their hands", route selection, great exercise!
is also an opportunity to evolve in the very heart of Chamonix granite, and understand the powerful forces that shake the mountains, and are changing the landscape. The forces of erosion and movement glaciares, scree, the alternate freezing and thawing, which seems a lifetime yet still, and who remembers a man by the sound of a falling stone or serac ...