Fiume Fella

Alpine passes - 1997

A trip on a "Kawasaki VN15 Classic" motorcycle from Graz to Nizza over a lot of Alpine passes in Austria, Italy, Switzeland and France. Most of the images are new scans of slides, taken with my Minolta X700. As you can imagine, this motorcycle is not really the best for mountain roads. The Kawasaki had 1470 ccm (which was the largest engine I ever had), 64 PS, about 320 kg weight, build year 1996.…  (read more)
Fiume Fella

Fiume Fella

23 Aug 1997 21 6 188
Crossing the Fella river (a tributary of Fiume Tagliamento), which meanders freely in his wide bed. A new album is opened with this image, named "Alpine passes - 1997". A trip on a "Kawasaki VN15 Classic" motorcycle from Graz to Nizza over a lot of Alpine passes in Austria, Italy, Switzeland and France. Most of the images are new scans of slides, taken with my Minolta X700 and geotagged. As you can imagine, this motorcycle is not really the best for mountain roads. The Kawasaki had 1470 ccm (which was the largest engine I ever had), 64 PS, about 320 kg weight, build year 1996. Starting in Graz I forgot to put a film in the camera, so this bridge was the point of enlightenment ;-)) Some passes already crossed at this point with the empty camera: 1. Soboth, 1070 m, Austria - day 1 2. Wurzenpass, 1073 m, Austria-Sloveina - day 1 3. Vršič-Pass, 1611 m, Slovenia - day 1 4. Predilpass, 1156 m, Slovenia-Italy - day 2 5. Neveasattel, 1195 m, Italy - day 2
Fiume Fella

Fiume Fella

23 Aug 1997 31 8 276
"Via Tolmezzo" bridge across the Fella river, seen from SS52 Highway bridge. - scanned slide, Minolta X700 see image before for details!
Passo della Mauria - 1298 m

Passo della Mauria - 1298 m

23 Aug 1997 10 3 211
6. Passo della Mauria, 1298 m, Italy - day 2 scanned slide, Minolta X700
Diga di Santa Caterina

Diga di Santa Caterina

23 Aug 1997 38 9 260
The river Ansiei has been dammed up in the 30's to the Lago di Santa Caterina. - scanned slides, Minolta X700
Diga di Santa Caterina - 1997

Diga di Santa Caterina - 1997

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scanned slide, Minolta X700
Lago di Santa Caterina

Lago di Santa Caterina

23 Aug 1997 30 10 228
The highest mountain behind the village of "Auronzo di Cadore" is "Croda dei Toni" (Zwölferkofel), 3094 m, Sextener Dolomiten. At the left end of the rocky mountains are "Tre Cime Di Lavaredo" (Drei Zinnen), 2999 m. - scanned slide, Minolta X700
Tre Cime di Lavaredo - Drei Zinnen - 2999 m - HFF!

Tre Cime di Lavaredo - Drei Zinnen - 2999 m - HFF!

23 Aug 1997 55 42 407
Drei Zinnen, seen from Lago di Misurina. Afterwards we made a detour up to the Rifugio Auronzo (2326 m) at the foot of the "Tre Cime". From here you can see only Cima Ovest and Cima Grande. - scanned slide, Minolta X700 HFF and a happy weekend, everyone!
Strada per il Rifugio Auronzo

Strada per il Rifugio Auronzo

23 Aug 1997 45 11 299
Looking back down to Auronzo di Cadore from a detour up to Rifugio Auronzo. It's not really a "pass", but I count it as no. 7 of the "Alpine passes"-tour ;-) - scanned slide, Minolta X700 7. Strada per il Rifugio Auronzo, 2330 m, Italy - day 2
Strada per il Rifugio Auronzo - Monte Cristallo, 3221 m

Strada per il Rifugio Auronzo - Monte Cristallo, 3…

23 Aug 1997 19 10 223
From a detour up to Rifugio Auronzo. The view goes to Monte Cristallo and the PiP shows an ascent in 1987. - scanned slide, Minolta X700 7. Strada per il Rifugio Auronzo, 2330 m, Italy - day 2
View from Rifugio Auronzo - 2330 m

View from Rifugio Auronzo - 2330 m

23 Aug 1997 37 23 308
Looking to the East the path leads in direction to the Zwölferkofel (Croda dei Toni, 3094 m) in the background. The "Tre Cime" to the left are not visible, therefore a PiP from an ascent to the Cima Grande (the middle one) in 1978. - scanned slides, Minolta X700 7. Strada per il Rifugio Auronzo, 2330 m, Italy - day 2
Passo Tre Croci - 1809 m

Passo Tre Croci - 1809 m

23 Aug 1997 11 3 169
Between Misurina and Cortina d'Ampezzo we cross the eighth pass of our trip, "Passo Tre Croci", south of Monte Cristallo. - scanned slide, Minolta X700 8. Passo Tre Croci, 1809 m, Italy - day 2
Tofana di Rozes (3225 m) and Punta Anna (2731 m)

Tofana di Rozes (3225 m) and Punta Anna (2731 m)

23 Aug 1997 33 9 283
The three Tofane are one of the most impressive summits in the Dolomites. To the left you see Tofana di Rozes (3225 m) with its south wall and to the right Punta Anna, a pre-summit of Tofana di Mezzo (3244 m). The PiP shows an ascent to Tofana di Mezzo over Punta Anna in 1978. - scanned slides, Minolta X700
Passo di Falzarego - 2117 m

Passo di Falzarego - 2117 m

23 Aug 1997 20 17 216
There are many interesting mountains for climbers around Passi di Falzarego west of Cortina d'Ampezzo, such as Cinque Torri (PiP), Monte Averau or Punta Sud di Fanes (Südliche Fanesspitze, 2986 m). I will post images from ascents on all mountains later. - scanned slides, Minolta X700 pass no. 9 - Passo di Falzarego, 2117 m, Italy - day 2
Passo di Falzarego - west ramp

Passo di Falzarego - west ramp

23 Aug 1997 30 9 197
In the right background Tofana di Rozes (3225 m). - scanned slide, Minolta X700 pass no. 9 - Passo di Falzarego, 2117 m, Italy - day 2
Passo Pordoi - 2239 m - east ramp

Passo Pordoi - 2239 m - east ramp

23 Aug 1997 41 15 264
Looking back driving up the east ramp of Passo Pordoi between Arabba and Canazai. pass no. 10 - Passo Pordoi (Pordoijoch), 2239 m, Italy - day 2
Passo Pordoi - 2239 m

Passo Pordoi - 2239 m

23 Aug 1997 17 8 165
scanned slide, Minolta X700 pass no. 10 - Passo Pordoi (Pordoijoch), 2239 m, Italy - day 2
Passo Pordoi

Passo Pordoi

23 Aug 1997 15 8 209
I felt a little bit lazy with our motorcycles...... - scanned slide. Minolta X700
Passo Pordoi - west ramp

Passo Pordoi - west ramp

23 Aug 1997 29 15 243
The view shows Col Rodella (2484 m, the lower peak to the left), then Grohmannspitze (3126 m), Cin Deic (Fünffingerspitze, 2997 m) and Sassolungo (Langkofel, 3181 m). - scanned slide, Minolta X700 pass no. 10 - Passo Pordoi (Pordoijoch), 2239 m, Italy - day 2
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