Thanks Nader! The Dolomite glaciers don't have much chances anyway - the rock (limestone like) sponges up all water. It is strange to see lakes on the plateau up there.
Ci ma inDellible and unFradulent vote? It's four stars.
Coincidentally, this picture looks like the west side of the thing I did last Sunday (Kololo Peaks, which will be put up soon) and this picture looks like the peak I climbed on Monday. The Kololo area and the Fradusta area both look like former and current glacier stomping grounds. Can glaciers really stomp? Hmmm?
Looking at all those glacier basins I think glaciers carve, rather than stomp. But who knows - mybe you can carve and stomp at the same time. Glacier multitasking ...
Yes, you are quite right. Photo id 99705 (how do I make a link to a photo?) on the Pale di San Martino page. It was cold air and one of the good clear days with wonderful sight all the way to Marmolada. I'm sure I'll be back in Pale again sometime.
A smaller version of the Altiplano-but looks plenty big. Shows up very well on google-earth with the Marmolada some 13 miles north. Probably visible on a clearer day. Google-earth suggests that the highest point is in the South east corner.
Thanks Mark! The summit marker is in the south-west. Marmolada 13 miles? That seems a bit too much. It appeared much closer. And yes, it's plainly visible. If you look at the far right of the first pano you can see some peak of the Marmolada Group (probably Ciama Uomo). I took a shot of the Marmolada south face - but that was barely distinguishable in the mist :-(
Gangolf Haub - Sep 28, 2005 5:11 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentYou are way too early - all the photos are still missing! Thanks!
Gangolf Haub - Sep 29, 2005 12:58 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentNo, they are two (or more) pictures aligned in a table.
Gabriele Roth - Sep 28, 2005 5:17 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled Commenthappy to see this important summit here :)
nader - Sep 28, 2005 5:35 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentAlways sad to hear about melting glaciers.
Gangolf Haub - Sep 28, 2005 5:37 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks Nader! The Dolomite glaciers don't have much chances anyway - the rock (limestone like) sponges up all water. It is strange to see lakes on the plateau up there.
mountaingazelle - Sep 28, 2005 8:35 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentI like this mountain. I hope the glacier survives another decade.
Gangolf Haub - Sep 29, 2005 3:32 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks a lot. Also for your good wishes towards that glacier...
Moni - Sep 28, 2005 9:24 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentVery good job - neat area! Ausgezeichnet, wie immer!
mtwashingtonmonroe - Sep 28, 2005 9:39 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentVery nice page!
-Britt
Gangolf Haub - Sep 29, 2005 3:33 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks Britt!
Klenke - Sep 28, 2005 10:22 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentCi ma inDellible and unFradulent vote? It's four stars.
Coincidentally, this picture looks like the west side of the thing I did last Sunday (Kololo Peaks, which will be put up soon) and this picture looks like the peak I climbed on Monday. The Kololo area and the Fradusta area both look like former and current glacier stomping grounds. Can glaciers really stomp? Hmmm?
Gangolf Haub - Sep 29, 2005 3:35 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentLooking at all those glacier basins I think glaciers carve, rather than stomp. But who knows - mybe you can carve and stomp at the same time. Glacier multitasking ...
brenta - Sep 29, 2005 2:27 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentAnother excellent page in all respects. Yes, it was clearly a hazy day, but you managed to capture some nice images. Thanks for posting!
(I can see the resemblance to the picture of Stones Peak you alluded to some time ago. That glacier was a lot bigger thirty years ago.)
My usual proofreading report:
handfull -> handful
located central -> centrally located (or, simply, "at the center")
Gangolf Haub - Sep 29, 2005 3:36 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentYes, I have seen pictures back from the eighties - back then it really looked like a glacier. Thanks!
jhp1004 - Sep 29, 2005 2:31 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentYou did it again.
Great work.
Gangolf Haub - Sep 29, 2005 3:37 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks Jorgen! Hadn't you been there last year. I think I recall somebody freezing up there in short pants....
jhp1004 - Sep 29, 2005 5:44 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentYes, you are quite right. Photo id 99705 (how do I make a link to a photo?) on the Pale di San Martino page. It was cold air and one of the good clear days with wonderful sight all the way to Marmolada. I'm sure I'll be back in Pale again sometime.
Jørgen
desainme - Sep 29, 2005 3:28 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentA smaller version of the Altiplano-but looks plenty big. Shows up very well on google-earth with the Marmolada some 13 miles north. Probably visible on a clearer day. Google-earth suggests that the highest point is in the South east corner.
Gangolf Haub - Sep 29, 2005 3:41 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks Mark! The summit marker is in the south-west. Marmolada 13 miles? That seems a bit too much. It appeared much closer. And yes, it's plainly visible. If you look at the far right of the first pano you can see some peak of the Marmolada Group (probably Ciama Uomo). I took a shot of the Marmolada south face - but that was barely distinguishable in the mist :-(
Gangolf Haub - Sep 29, 2005 3:45 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentAhh now I have looked at google earth I can assure you that it's wrong. What they call Fradusta is Cima di Ball or Cima Val di Roda.