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Colle del Piccolo San Bernardo 2188m La Rosière and the Piccolo San Bernardo Pass October 2007
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La Rosière (1850m) at the end of a long tortuous road. But it was, to coin a phrase from schooldays, a really smashing day, there was little traffic and we just ambled up the middle of the unbarriered road.
Link to Wikipedia page on alpine passes
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La Rosière (1850m) is at the top of the tree line, then it's on to the Piccolo San Bernardo Pass itself (2188m)
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The first sight of the Pilgrim Hospice and the statue of Saint Bernard of Menthon
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Looking back towards France from the Pilgrim Hospice (closed) and the statue of Saint Bernard of Menthon
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A high voltage transmission line competes with the little chapel and nature even here
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Looking towards Italy and the long closed border control point and the seasonally closed restaurant
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The Gran San Bernardo Pass, which crosses the Alps from Italy to Switzerland just to the other side of Monte Bianco (4807m), is 2473m high and more dramatically picturesque.
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Then it's down to Italy along a much better engineered and barriered road (the safety barrier, in the Italian way, displaying a lot of ugly dents and in one place an apparent drive-thru).
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