After leaving the animal park, husband drove us to pay a visit to the glacier which we can see it almost everywhere in Chamonix.
One good thing about travelling in Chamonix is that all of the attraction places are not very far from one another. We can travel to one destination to another destination in 10-20 min, just great !
From the Bossons village, we need to take the chair lift to bring ourself up to 1400m to approach Bossons glacier. Gosh, again...
Anyway, this chair lift ride seems less dreadful for me. Furthermore, the cover on the chair make the ride an enjoyable one.
Passing by a small village at foot hill.
Passing by a small forecast..
The station or rather the hut, looks very old. Think it must be the 1st generation cable car system.
Though old, the chair lift does serve its purpose very well.
A simple but very nice sign board, even the kid can understand it well.
This purple, I love it.
From the terrace, there is a fabulous view of the glacier’s terminal tongue and the ice-pinnacles of Plateau des Pyramides.
Husband said we would be having our lunch here. He was right, this place is so awesome.
Before we settled down in the chalet restaurant, we took a walk into the Exposition Point de Vue that will lead us to a closer point to view the glacier.
Along the path, we got to see the exhibition in the form of a interpretative walk relates the glacier’s fascinating history. Every panel along the path presents a particular subject, such as the life of the glacier, the Little Ice Age, the evolution of the glacier, and so on...
Following the rise of global warming, the melting rate is very fast that make the glacier shorter and shorter as time pass.
Looking at those fast flowing waterfall, I felt that I too, have the responsibility to preserve all those precious world herritage.
The boys had found the perfect stick for themselves, husband help them to smoothen the skin by using his swiss knife.
Before going down to the chalet restaurant, we made another detour to view the glacier at a very near distance.
Wild mushroom #1.
The 3 of them were quite obsessed with the stick they found, didn't pay much attention to the beautiful plants & trees around.
Not too long later, we reached the 2nd platform to get a real close-up look at the glacier.
So close that I felt like I could reach out my hands to touch it.
Glacier des Bossons is a classic example of the ice rivers decending the Alps. Also, it is one of the very few glaciers in the world which drop below the tree line.
Told the boys I'm gonna to teach them Kung-Fu one day (ahemmm...)
From the place where we were sitting on, we could see the glacier in full length.
2 comments:
I just couldn't say anything except you guys are really lucky :) The pictures are simply lovely.
Thanks Juju.
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