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There's Cows Up Here!
Our first view of the high, barren plateau that exists at the 8000-ish foot level in the Maiella in this area. There are many bell-clanging cows grazing up here.
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Alpine flowers
Some Alpine flowers on the high plateaux of the Maiella.
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Andrew hikes up
Andrew hiking up, now on gently sloping terrain, towards the region where Monte Amaro is located.
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Gottfried in the Abruzzo
Gottfried stops to admire the pretty purple alpine flowers in the Maiella.
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Gottfried and snowfield
Gottfried points... look, snow!
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Flowers n' moss
Some pretty pink flowers grow out of a mound of moss.
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Monte Amaro in sight
Jenn sees her destination - Monte Amaro - in the distance.
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Climbing to Monte Amaro
As the day's cumulus clouds build, Jenn makes her way the last couple of kilometres to Monte Amaro.
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Extensive Alpine Plateau
There is a lot of high flat alpine terrain up here! very interesting.
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Helicopter on Monte Amaro
I wonder what they are doing?
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Helicopter Closeup
Perhaps a park chopper?
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Limestone and Summit
The route cross a neat bit of 'limestone pavement' on the way to the summit.
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Jenn in the high alpine
Jenn struts her way to the Summit of Monte Amaro, now less than 1 km away.
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Memorial and Bivacco
This plaque is just moments away from the summit, as is the bivacco (the orange structure you see).
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Memorial Plaque
The Memorial plaque not far from the summit of Monte Amaro.
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Jenn and Bivacco
The orange space-dome like bivacco and the stark barren landscape give the summit a foreign-planet like feel.
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Heading for the top
Jenn crosses the last few metres to the summit.
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Summit cross
The summit cross on Monte Amaro. Down below is the valley where we started the hike.
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Summit and Start
A closeup of part of the summit cross, along with the trailhead below. The trailhead is where the main road and the gravel road (coming in from the left) meet.
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Bergheil, Gottfried!
Gottfried summits Monte Amaro with Jenn.
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[ Italy 2005 trip
home page |
The main trip report |
Family |
Monte Cervialto |
Herculaneum & Vesuvius |
Palace of Caserta |
Amalfi & Capri |
Abruzzo & Monte Amaro |
Rome |
Tuscany |
Venice |
The Biennale |
Via Ferrata-ing in the dolomites |
Climbing in the Ortles |
Gottfried's Adventures |
Maps, Graphs & GPS Data ]
