Random France

95 Z/28 LT1 · Jul 9, 2016

I had a recent business trip and got to take some photos of interesting scenery.

Looking down on part of the city of Grenoble.

There's a cable car that goes up the south end of the Chartreuse mountain range (Mt Rachais) to the Bastille. This location was used to control the city of Grenoble in the 19th century.

Looking down on the city. The long straight road is allegedly the longest continuous straight road in Europe at 12km.

Went to a local jazz show

I'm just going to leave this here...

Went to the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Ended up being a bit of a bust because the weather was crap and we were there kind of early not staying for the late night concerts. Beautiful lake and scenery though.

Looking down on some random village

95 Z/28 LT1 · Jul 9, 2016

Decided to take a road trip to Chamonix and go up to see Mont-Blanc. This was from the road on the way there.

The place is like a cross between a base-camp and a tourist trap.

95 Z/28 LT1 · Jul 9, 2016

You take 2 cable cars to get up close to the top.

On the way up.

and up

and up

Past the treeline. If you open the photo up you can see just make out where we're headed.

95 Z/28 LT1 · Jul 9, 2016

Approaching the end of the first cable car ride.

Up near the top. Enclosures are made of COR-TEN.

mustangmike6996 · Jul 9, 2016

Pretty good photos. Not the view of France that I was expecting.

95 Z/28 LT1 · Jul 9, 2016

Weather was nearly perfect, views were really amazing.

Looking out into Italy

At this level you need to bring the right gear. About 100 people die on this mountain each year.

95 Z/28 LT1 · Jul 9, 2016

The black specs in the snow are people and their tents.

Up at the top of the observatory.

95 Z/28 LT1 · Jul 9, 2016

Mont Blanc is the peak on the right. It looks close but it's about another 1000 meters up from where I took this picture.

There's a glass box you can stand in and look down. It's a 1000 meter drop underneath. They call it "step in to the void". The first step in to this is a bit difficult.