This year the Apennines
have received very little snow. It was not until after Christmas that we had any
at all.
Anyway I managed to
get up into the mountains two or three times to catch what little snow we have
had.
The first set of
pictures were taken at Lago Pranda near the Cerreto pass. I just managed to get to the lake before the
sun disappeared behind the mountains. Still I managed to take some interesting
pictures of the lake which is usually just an uninteresting expanse of white in
winter.
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| Passo Cerreto, RE |
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| Passo Cerreto, RE |
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| Passo Cerreto, RE |
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| Lago Pranda,RE |
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| Lago Pranda,RE |
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| Lago Scuro, RE |
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| Lago Scuro, RE |
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| Lago Pranda,RE |
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| Lago Pranda,RE |
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| Lago Pranda, RE |
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| Lago Pranda, RE |
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| Lago Pranda, RE |
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| Lago Pranda, RE |
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| Lago Pranda, RE |
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| Passo Cerreto, RE |
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| Passo Cerreto, RE |
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| Passo Cerreto, RE |
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| Passo Cerreto, RE |
The second set of
pictures were taken at the “Recinti” a curious place with its small fields divided
up with wire and crazy fence posts near Valbona a small village below Monte
Ventasso.
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| Monte Cusna, Valbona, RE |
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| Valbona, RE |
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| Valbona,RE |
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| Valbona,RE |
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| Valbona,RE |
When I arrived it had
clouded over but I was rewarded with a spectacular sunset that did not need any
post processing to emphasise the colours.
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| Monte Cusna, Valbona, RE |
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| Valbona,RE |
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| Valbona,RE |
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| Monte Cusna, Valbona,RE |
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| Valbona, RE |
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| Valbona,RE |
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| Valbona,RE |
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| Valbona,RE |
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| Valbona,RE |
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| Valbona,RE |
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| Valbona,RE |
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| Valbona,RE |
Last Sunday in Reggio
Emilia it was a cloudless day when I left. When I got to Castel Nuovo Monti I
could see that bad weather was trying to creep into Emilia from Tuscany and
Liguria. Some of the mountains in the Province of Parma were already covered.
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
I decided to go to
Monte Cavalbianco above the Pradarena Pass. When I got to the pass it was
covered in cloud but climbing up the footpath that leads to the mountain I quickly
emerged from the clouds.
Climbing up as far as
it was safe to do I was rewarded with a spectacular view of the bad weather to
the south trying to break through the mountains into Emilia.
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
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| Monte Cavalbianco,RE |
