Some winters ago I was exploring the High Valtellina and the valleys that lead into the secluded ski-resort of Livigno. It was 2003, down in Bormio there was a lot of ice but very little snow. To reach Livigno from Bormio you must cross the Passo del Foscagno, and finally up there, we found a [...]
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Monte Fasce in Winter
Posted in Appennines, Genoa, Italy, Landscape, Liguria, Luca Baldassarre, Mountain, Nature, Photo, Snow, Snowscape, Winter on 22 November 2007 | No Comments »
It occasionally snows around Genoa and when it happens it’s a transformation. I go out to take pictures, unusual ones: the well known locations become a novelty. Here is depicted the Monte Fasce, which dominates western Genoa, from the winding road that leads to Sori and Uscio. I walked up to a small ridge where [...]
Alpine Clouds
Posted in Clouds, Italy, Landscape, Luca Baldassarre, Mountain, Park, Photo, Snowscape, Wallpaper on 16 March 2007 | No Comments »
The Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso was the first national park established in Italy and protects a vast alpine area, across the regions of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta. The photo was shoot in spring near the Rif. Vittorio Sella on the northern part of the park. High clouds were blown against the rocky peaks and [...]
