Do you remember a place called La Pierre a Bosson? We didn't quite make it there because we started hiking after skiing Grands Montets for a few hours that morning. Still worth the views and time in the woods.
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Reminds me of Glacier NP.We used to bushwack around there up the cataracts and terminal moraine fields that lead up to the tongue of the glacier. It has receded immensely. There are photos of it coming all the way down to the valley back in the day. The trail visible in your first pic, Pierre a Ric, runs along the lateral moraine. You would be under a massive amount of ice and rock from where you took that pic 125 years ago. That chairlift is La Herse. It was a double chair when I was there.
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Argentiere Glacier, compared with old photo - Stock Video Clip - K009/6197
Timelapse footage of the Argentiere Glacier in the French Alps, cutting to a historical photo taken from the same location, showing the extent of the glacier's retreat. The Argentiere Glacier is on the Mont Blanc Massif. THIERRY BERROD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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Just a little bit. We did a few day hikes from the Going to the Sun Road and a backcountry overnight at Poia Lake. We barely scratched the surface of that place, it’s massive. The Grizzly bears there are massive too. We were pretty much shitting ourselves hiking around in the timber when we got caught out on the trails at dusk. The glaciers there look like snow patches compared to what you see in the Alps or the Pacific Northwest and BC. Apparently they are shrinking at an incredible rate and will be gone by the end of the century. Kind of depressing to be honest. Amazing scenery there though, wow. Would love to go back with the family.
The summer solstice is on June 20th, yes. I believe this chamber is aligned with the winter solstice sunset. I thought about going this last December to see it but it was absolutely brick that morning.
