On foot · Trient, Valais · October 2017
The Trient glacier, autumn larches
A Sunday resting after the previous day's walk? No: we went again, for a modest 900 metres of climbing through larch paradise in autumn, facing the Trient glacier.
- Date
- October 2017
- Elevation gain
- 900 m
The route · indicative
The climb
Larch paradise
In mid-October, the larches are gold against a blue sky. The path climbs above Trient, and the glacier appears between the golden branches.
Jagged peaks rise above the forest, and the glacier tongue reaches down, grey and crevassed, at the head of the valley.
Facing the glacier
Gold and ice
Higher up, larches cling to the rocks facing the seracs. Emmanuelle enjoys the autumn sun in the middle of the golden forest.
The whole valley glows in the October light, the Trient glacier between the larches. A Sunday far better than a sofa.
