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Rochers
de la Latte
near
Leysin, Switzerland
The
Rochers de la Latte lie seven kilometres from Leysin, a long ridge running off
the north end of the Tour de Famelon and the rocks slanting down into the valley
of the Hongrin.
The
lovely Tour de Famelon (2137m), seen from Les Chaux to the north, with the ridge
of the Rochers de la Latte running off to the right, in the 1980s. This a really
out-of-the-way place. The village of Leysin lies about 7km leftward on the far
side of Famelon. 
Mr
Peck and Mr Mackenzie contemplating a walk up the Rochers de la Latte to Famelon
in 1995, but they didn't do it, because they were lazy and still are. 
The
northwest side of the Tour de Famelon, from our traditional snowcaving spot --
the Col de Famelon is in the centre and the Rochers de la Latte run downward off
to the left. 
The
way up to the Rochers de la Latte from Pierre du Moëllé (the big rock
on the left, all hollowed-out gun emplacements), with Mont d'Or up the far side
to the left. That's Marta in 1991 or so. 
Here's
Mont d'Or in the background, from Les Chaux near the Rochers de la Latte, Mark
Malone and the narrator smiling coyly in February 1988 with the massif of Les
Diablerets on the right horizon. (More
from that visit.) 
Another
view of Mont d'Or extending towards Gros Van to the northeast, 1988, from Les
Chaux, heading towards the ridge of the Rochers de la Latte. 
D.
Peck well up on the ridge of the Rochers de la Latte, sometime in the late 1980s,
bound for the Tour de Famelon in the early evening.
Famelon
from the valley of the Hongrin to the west, with the Rochers de la Latte extending
downwards to the left. 
Sir
Charles Berman standing on the Rochers de la Latte, waiting for the bus. 
Hiking
companion Marta skiing up from Les Chaux onto the ridge of the Rochers de la Latte,
February 1991. 
Marta
about halfway up onto the Rochers de la Latte. 
Marta
taking a photograph of the narrator, 1991. 
Marta,
having set the camera's auto-timer, racing to get into the picture, Rochers de
la Latte, 1991.
The
Tour de Famelon on the left, with the Rochers de la Latte running straight northwards
towards Les Chaux. 
Getting
onto Rochers de la Latte the hard way 
Index
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