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collanasentierid’autore 36 Escursioni a Chamonix idea Montagna editoria e alpinismo Sentieri d’autore l Escursioni a Chamonix l Carta generale Vallorcine INDICE Mont Buet 3098 Col de Balme • Introduzione 5 10 • Le Caillet-Montenvers 73 2201 Le Buet 3 • Carta generale 7 Il mare di ghiaccio 77 30 28 Aiguillette des Posettes • Chamonix e la sua valle 8 11 • Le Grand Balcon Nord 78 Col de Salenton 29 2 • Monte Bianco 14 12 • Alpages de Blaitière 83 Col des Montets 1 27 Le Tour S 4 • Aiguilles Rouges 15 13 • Cascade du Dard 86 E Tré le Champ G 26 Montroc • Camminare nella Valle di Chamonix 17 14 • Chalet des Pyramides 90 Tête à l’Âne U 2804 Tête de Moëde O • Peculiarità del clima e del terreno 18 1 • Traversate glaciali 93 2459 R Aiguille du Belvédère • Prima di partire 19 15 • Gîte à Balmat, La Jonction 94 S Argentière Pointe d’Anterne 2965 E 6 • Nello zaino 22 1 • Gîte à Balmat 99 2733 L L 24 5 • Guida alla consultazione 22 16 • Tour del Mont Lachat 100 I U 25 • In caso di emergenza 24 17 • Nid d’Aigle 106 G La Flégère Pointe Noire de I Pormenaz A • Informazioni 24 1 • Le vie normali al Monte Bianco 110 Les Tines 2323 S • Meteo 25 18 • Col de Tricot 111 E 8 D 7 Les Praz • Trasporti 26 19 • Traversata del Prarion 115 F Le Brévent Aiguille Verte I 23 Les Bois • Cartografia 26 20 • Aiguillette des Houches 119 S 2525 Planpraz 4122 S A • Ringraziamenti 26 1 • Riserva Naturale di Carlaveyron 123 Servoz M Montenvers Les Drus • Punti d’appoggio 27 21 • Le Brévent 126 CHAMONIX 9 11 3754 Aiguillette 2285 MONT-BLANC 10 1 • Parc Animalier de Merlet 130 des Houches 22 12 Les Gaillands 13 1 • L’Aiguillette des Posettes 28 22 • Le Petit Balcon Sud 131 20 21 Le Bettey 1 • Le cave d’ardesia dell’Aiguillette des 23 • Le Grand Balcon Sud 137 Merlet Les Bossons Plan de l’Aiguille Aiguille de Blaitière Posettes 32 24 • Lacs Noirs-Lac Cornu 141 Le Prarion C 1969 3522 N 2 • Traversata Posettes-Balme 33 25 • Le Lac Blanc 146 19 14 Les Les Houches A Chavants 15 1 • Il Tour du Mont Blanc 37 26 • L’Aiguillette d’Argentière e la Tête L er Mont Corbeau Aiguille du Midi B 3 • Refuge Albert I 40 aux Vents 152 Col de Voza 3842 Les Grandes er 2334 1 • Albert I , il rifugio e il re 43 1 • Una cordata di scrittori e artisti Bellevue T Jorasses 16 N Dente del Gigante 4208 4 • Montagne de Péclerey 46 all’Aiguillette 156 O Dent du Géant Bionnassay M 1 • Michel Croz 49 27 • Il Lac Blanc dal Col des Montets 157 17 U 4013 18 D Mont Blanc du Tacul 5 • Glacier d’Argentière 50 1 • Riserva Naturale delle Aiguilles Nid d’Aigle F S I 4248 S 1 • Morene e ghiacciai 54 Rouges 161 A Dôme du Goûter Col de Tricot Mont Maudit Punta Helbronner 6 • Petit Balcon Nord: Argentière-Les Tines 55 28 • Vallon de Bérard 164 M 4304 3462 4465 7 • Le Chapeau 58 1 • I ghiacciai delle Aiguilles Rouges 167 Aiguille de Bionnassay ET 4052 RR 1 • Chalet du Chapeau e antiche 29 • Col de Salenton, Quota 2574 m 168 FE Monte Bianco L A escursioni 62 30 • Mont Buet 172 Mont Blanc V 4808 e 8 • Tête des Prapators 63 iag M de 9 • Rochers des Mottets-Montenvers 67 Escursioni ordinate per difficoltà 176 s Entrèves e 3673 m 1 • L’Aiguille du Dru 71 ô 3666 Y D N E V Aiguille de Tré la Tête L A COURMAYEUR 3930 V 6 7 l Chamonix e la sua valle CHAMONIX E LA SUA VALLE La città di Chamonix si stende sul fondo dell’alta valle dell’Arve, tra le due catene montuose parallele del Monte Bianco e delle Aiguilles Rouges, e deve a questa situazione geografica la sua grande e duratura prosperità turistica. Chamonix è ciò che è perché il Monte Bianco è là. Il Monte Bianco come monumento naturale, oggetto di ammirazione e di studio, e monumento storico. L’unicità di questa montagna non è dovuta solo alla sua bellezza e al suo primato quale cima più alta delle Alpi, ma anche alla ric- chezza delle vicende umane che si sono susseguite sulle sue pareti e i suoi ghiacciai. Sul Monte Bianco è nato l’alpinismo e Chamonix ne è stata la “culla”: tutto il percorso che ha condotto Statua di Paccard. Alpinismo storico (coll. Joëlle Dartigue-Paccalet). all’esplorazione e alla conquista della cima si è svolto qui, sul più accessibile versante francese. Saussure visse una grandiosa passione per la valle di Chamonix, i suoi ghiacciai, le sue monta- Chamonix e la nascita dell’alpinismo gne. A partire dal suo primo viaggio, nel 1760, fu un frequente andare e venire tra spedizioni Nel Settecento, all’arrivo dei primi visitatori, Chamouny (antico nome di Chamonix) era un esplorative e scientifiche. Già nel contesto della sua prima visita, lo scienziato compì un atto modesto nucleo rurale, isolato, minacciato da frane e valanghe. L’attenzione dei più antichi storico, facendo affiggere nelle parrocchie della valle una promessa di ricompensa per chi sa- viaggiatori era focalizzata sui ghiacciai, le cosiddette “glacières”, portate alla ribalta quale meta rebbe stato in grado di trovare la via per la cima del Monte Bianco. Con questa “taglia” sulla sua turistica dalla spedizione degli inglesi Windham e Pococke del 1741 (l’it. 10). All’epoca la cima testa, la montagna passa da sfondo o minaccia, quale era stata fino ad allora per i valligiani, a del Monte Bianco non era un obiettivo possibile né pensabile. protagonista. Solo più tardi qualcuno, alzando lo sguardo alla grande mezzaluna bianca che domina diretta- A conquistare la taglia furono, nel 1786, il medico e botanico Michel-Gabriel Paccard e il cerca- mente Chamonix, osò sognare tore di cristalli Jaques Balmat, di mettervi piede. Si tratta di entrambi di Chamonix. Grazie uno dei personaggi chiave di a questa impresa anch’essi pas- tutta la storia di Chamonix, tan- sarono alla storia, inaugurando to importante da meritarsi una ufficialmente l’epoca dell’alpini- statua in pieno centro: lo scien- smo propriamente detto. ziato svizzero Horace-Bénédict Visitando il centro di Chamonix de Saussure (1740-1799). De si notano due statue: quella di Statua di De Saussure e Balmat Alpinismo d’epoca nel bacino di Talèfre (coll. Joëlle Dartigue-Paccalet). (coll. Joëlle Dartigue-Paccalet). 8 9 Sentieri d’autore l Escursioni a Chamonix l Le Grand Balcon Nord Il Grand Balcon Nord è una delle escursioni viaggia su un caratteristico trenino a crema- LE GRAND BALCON NORD più celebri e frequentate dell’intera catena del gliera, attivo dal 1909, che conduce a un sito In viaggio dalla Mer de Glace alle Aiguilles de Chamonix Monte Bianco. Gli itinerari “en balcon”, a ter- ormai storico: Montenvers, porta d’accesso al razza, sono sempre molto apprezzati: nessun grande vallone della Mer de Glace, un tempo forte dislivello, pendenze complessivamente occupato dall’incredibile “mare di ghiaccio” dolci, panorama assicurato. Ma ciò che ren- che sfiorava la stazione e l’hotel. Si sale a un de davvero speciale Grand Balcon Nord è la panoramico colle, misteriosamente affollato ricchezza e la complessità dell’esperienza. Si di ometti, dal qualeM lo sguardo può spingersi E fino al cuore del massiccio R e alla cresta di confine. Poi Grand Hôtel Caillet Montenvers D si cambia versante e, con E questo, cambiano anche 2200 Signal G gli scenari, l’ambiente, la CHAMONIX e r Forbes L MONT-BLANC t i è a i luce. Si transita per un lun- B l A e d C go falsopiano ai piedi delle e n Signal Sup. g des Charmoz E austere muraglie granitiche t a n 2471 o M Blaitière delle Aiguilles de Chamo- Dessous nix, attraversando i ruscelli glaciali e scavalcando le Blaitière Dessus Aiguille de l’M antiche morene. Al matti- 2844 no questa zona è fredda, Glacier des ombrosa; le Aiguilles sono Nantillons grigie e tetre. Con il passa- Ref. du Plan Aiguille des de l’Aiguille Grands Charmoz re delle ore, mano a mano d e 3445 PUNTO DI PARTENZA: Montenvers 1913 m FREQUENTAZIONE: alta P l a n e che ci si avvicina alla meta, i l l l ’ A i g u Glacier de 3482 QUOTA MIN: 1913 m PERIODO CONSIGLIATO: metà/fine Blaitière Aiguille du Grépon il sole si fa strada lungo le Lac Bleu giugno-settembre e oltre, in funzione delle Bar Plan pareti rocciose e illumina il QUOTA MAX: 2300 m de l’Aiguille Aiguille de Blaitière 3522 condizioni del terreno (assenza di neve) granito, donandogli riflessi DISLIVELLO: 520 m ca. FAMIGLIA: >6 fiammeggianti. Così, arri- LUNGHEZZA: 7 km 2300 vati al Plan de l’Aiguille nel ANIMALI: ammessi sul treno di Signal Forbes Refuge du Plan de l’Aiguille Montenvers, non ammessi sulla funivia pomeriggio, sarà possibile TEMPO: 2,30-3 h 2200 Incrocio con l’it. 12 dell’Aiguille du Midi. Se si vuole andare con ammirare le Aiguilles in tut- DIFFICOLTÀ: E il cane occorre scendere a Chamonix a piedi 2100 to il loro splendore, magari PUNTI DI APPOGGIO: bar e hotel a (ad es. per l’it. 12). gustando una delle famose Montenvers, Refuge du Plan de l’Aiguille, bar 2000 torte del rifugio, prima di Plan de l’Aiguille La catena delle Aiguilles de Chamonix e il Grand Balcon rientrare comodamente a che si snoda ai loro piedi. 1900 Chamonix in funivia.
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    Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., doi:10.5194/nhess-2016-316, 2016 Manuscript under review for journal Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Published: 7 October 2016 c Author(s) 2016. CC-BY 3.0 License. Brief communication “3D reconstruction of a collapsed rock pillar from web-retrieved images and terrestrial LiDAR data – The 2005 event of the West face of the Drus (Mont-Blanc massif)” Antoine Guerin1, Antonio Abellán2, Battista Matasci3, Michel Jaboyedoff1, Marc-Henri Derron1 and 4 5 Ludovic Ravanel 1Risk Analysis Group, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland 2Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 3Bureau d’Etudes Géologiques SA, Aproz, Switzerland 4EDYTEM, University Savoie Mont Blanc – CNRS, Le Bourget du Lac, France 10 Correspondence to: Antoine Guerin ([email protected]) Abstract. In June 2005, a series of major rockfall events completely wiped out the Bonatti Pillar located in the legendary Drus West face (Mont-Blanc massif, France). Terrestrial LiDAR scans of the face were acquired after this event but no pre- event point cloud is available. Thus, in order to reconstruct the volume and the shape of the collapsed blocks, a 3D model has been built using photogrammetry (SfM) based on 30 pictures collected on the Web. All these pictures were taken 15 between September 2003 and May 2005. We then reconstructed the shape and volume of the fallen compartment by comparing the SfM model with terrestrial LiDAR data acquired in October 2005 and November 2011. The volume is calculated to 292’680 m3 (± 5 %). This result is close to the value previously assessed by Ravanel and Deline (2008) for this same rock-avalanche (265’000 ± 10’000 m3).
  • The Alpine Club Library

    The Alpine Club Library

    206 The Alpine Club Library. The entire text of the second edition is revised, rearranged, and rewritten, and the authors have not only simplified the general plan of the guide, but, acting on the advice of the reviewers of the first edition, have added a number of new features, and at the same time have not increased the bulk of the volume. The plan of listing peaks alphabetically within their groups has been retained, and to each peak is added not only the altitude, but the rna p reference number and a key letter indicating its oceanic watershed. It has been considered undesirable to retain the earlier sectional sketch maps, and instead a general key-map has been included. A new feature, noticeably absent from the first edition, is an index of passes with appropriate textual references. A glance at the index of peaks reveals in italics how many mountains in the Rockies are but tenta­ tively named ; and it is to be hop~ed most emphatically that the decisions of the Geographic Board of Canada, in confirming or revising the suggestions of pioneer mountaineers, will be arrived at with more wisdom and appropriateness, and less regard for passing political fancy, than has been evinced in the recent past. • N. E. 0 . THE ALPINE CLUB LIBRARY. By A. J. MAcKINTOSH. The following works have been added to the Library: • Club Publications . (1) Akad. Alpenclub Bern. 25. · Jahresbericht 1929-30. 9 x 5! : pp. 34 : plates. (2) t\kad. Alpenclub Ziiric~ 34. Jahresbericht. 9 x 6: pp. 43. 1929 (3b) Akad.
  • Peaks & Glaciers 2019

    Peaks & Glaciers 2019

    JOHN MITCHELL FINE PAINTINGS EST 1931 3 Burger Calame Castan Compton 16, 29 14 6 10, 12, 23, 44, 46, 51 Contencin Crauwels Gay-Couttet Français 17, 18, 20, 22, 28, 46, 50 32 33 39 Gyger Hart-Dyke Loppé Mähly 17, 49, 51 26, 27 30, 34, 40, 43, 52 38 All paintings, drawings and photographs are for sale unless otherwise stated and are available for viewing from Monday to Friday by prior appointment at: John Mitchell Fine Paintings 17 Avery Row Brook Street Mazel Millner Roffiaen Rummelspacher London W1K 4BF 15 45 24 11 Catalogue compiled by William Mitchell Please contact William Mitchell on 020 7493 7567 [email protected] www.johnmitchell.net Schrader Steffan Tairraz Yoshida 9 48 8, 11, 19 47 4 This catalogue has been compiled to accompany our annual selling exhibition of paintings, Club’s annual exhibitions from the late 1860s onwards, there was an active promotion and 5 drawings and vintage photographs of the Alps from the early 1840s to the present day. It is the veneration of the Alps through all mediums of art, as artists tried to conjure up visions of snow firm’s eighteenth winter of Peaks & Glaciers , and, as the leading specialist in Alpine pictures, I am and ice – in Loppé’s words ‘a reality that was more beautiful than in our wildest dreams.’ With an proud to have handled some wonderful examples since our inaugural exhibition in 2001. In keeping increasingly interested audience, it is no surprise that by the end of the nineteenth century, the with every exhibition, the quality, topographical accuracy and diversity of subject matter remain demand for Alpine imagery far outstripped the supply.