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Taking the path from Brevent mid station up to Lac Noir
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Pasque flower
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Lac Noir is over the col just right of the middle of this image
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Mont Blanc provides a stunning backdrop to this path
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Yellow Pasque flower
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Gentian
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Dwarf Cypress
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Alpine Pansy
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White lillies
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A short rocky step
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A few snow patches but not too steep
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Alpine Azalea
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Mountain Goats
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The cairn marks the coll.
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Beyond the coll was a lot more snow
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A vein of graphite in the rock
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And the lake was covered with ice and snow
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We decided there was too much snow on the onward route and returned to the coll
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And back down to the top of a ski run
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The slopes were covered with white lillies
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This was quite a gentle descent
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Digitalis lutea
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The hotel where we stayed with Inghams
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Flowers decorate Chamonix town centre
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Flowers decorate Chamonix town centre
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