A walk up Mont de Bière Devant

Dwight Peck's personal website

Winter 2003-2004

wonderful wintry fun in the country the neo-cons have so far overlooked

You may not find this terribly rewarding unless you're included here, so this is a good time for casual and random browsers to turn back before they get too caught up in the sweep and majesty of the proceedings and can't let go.

A walk up Mont de Bière Devant

21 December 2003

Here's the essential view of the flagpole on top of Mont de Bière Devant, 4 March 2000. Now, just before Christmas a few laters, we're passing by this way again.

Dr Pirri loping along eastwards up a nearby ridge, 21 December 2003.

The top of the ridge just behind the farmhouse of Mont de Bière Devant

The view towards Mont de Bière

The farm of Mont de Bière Devant

The narrator trots along to the flagpole on the nominal summit.

Dwightus Triumphans. Some years later, an excellent panorama map table was installed just where Mr Peck is standing.

The flagpole view to the northeast, December 2003.

Dr Pirri, firmly positioned on Mont de Bière Devant, looks out over Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) . . .

And sees something that the rest of us cannot see.

Leaving the top for the long way around

Dr Pirri braving the elements

Making progress

Passing Grand Cunay

The farm of Mont de Bière Derrière

Back to the Col du Marchairuz

from SwitzerlandMobility (http://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en)

Mont de Bière Devant, basic

Mont de Bière Devant, hikes 2004

Mont de Bière Devant, another hike

Mont de Bière Devant, spring 2005

Mont de Bière Devant, spring 2010

Mont de Bière Devant, November 2007

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