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7 May 202421 August 2024

The snow-capped Maritime Alps seen from Sestri Levante

Le Alpi Marittime innevate viste da Sestri Levante

The snow-capped Maritime Alps seen from Sestri Levante.
On particularly clear and cold days (I have had this photo in my archive for a long time and I really don't think the day I'm posting it was that cold) from my Sestri Levante you can see the Maritime Alps, those on the border between Italy and France, very well.
Obviously to photograph them you need a good telephoto lens!

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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

The Maritime Alps are a section of the Alpine chain located in the Western Alps. According to the Partition of the Alps, they are the Alpine section that extends between the Tenda pass and the Cadibona pass. According to the SOIUSA, however, they constitute a subsection included in the section "Maritime Alps and Prealps of Nice" and extend from the Tenda pass to the Maddalena pass.
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The snow-capped Maritime Alps seen from Sestri Levante – Les Alpes Maritimes enneigées vues de Sestri Levante – Los Alpes Marítimos nevados vistos desde Sestri Levante – Os Alpes Marítimos cobertos de neve vistos de Sestri Levante – Die schneebedeckten Seealpen von Sestri Levante aus gesehen – Dãy núi Maritime Alps phủ tuyết nhìn từ Sestri Levante – 从塞斯特里莱万特看到白雪皑皑的海上阿尔卑斯山 – セストリレバンテから見た雪を頂いたマリタイムアルプス

13 January 202315 December 2024

The snow-capped Maritime Alps seen from Mount Zatta

Le Alpi Marittime innevate viste dal Monte Zatta

The snow-capped Maritime Alps seen from Monte Zatta.
One of the most beautiful paths I remember walking is definitely the Zatta ring.
Coming down from the ridge, along the way back, you look towards the West and, on a day like the one I had been on, you could see the snow-capped peaks of the Alps very well (here in the photo I think they are the Maritime ones).

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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

I took several photos along the Monte Zatta path and if you want to see them go to this page:

To see in detail the path I took I invite you to go to wikiloc.com.

The summit of the Zatta mountain massif consists of a long wavy ridge, crossed by an easy ridge path. On the outer edges of this ridge are the Zatta di Ponente mountain (1355 m) and the Prato Pinello mountain (1390 m). Between the two ends rises the main peak, the Zatta di Levante mountain (1404 m). The southern slope is steep and stony, while the northern slope, towards the Bocco pass, has a gentler slope and is covered by a large beech forest.
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The snow-capped Maritime Alps seen from Monte Zatta – Les Alpes Maritimes enneigées vues du Monte Zatta – Los Alpes Marítimos nevados vistos desde Monte Zatta – Os Alpes Marítimos cobertos de neve vistos do Monte Zatta – Die schneebedeckten Seealpen vom Monte Zatta aus gesehen – Dãy núi Maritime Alps phủ tuyết trắng nhìn từ Monte Zatta – 从 Monte Zatta 看到的白雪皑皑的海上阿尔卑斯山 – モンテ・ザッタから見た雪をかぶった海事アルプス

19 March 202215 December 2024

The Apuan Alps seen from Mount Groppi

The Apuan Alps seen from Monte Groppi.
As I wrote to you some time ago, from the top of Monte Groppi, one of the mountains overlooking the Passo del Bracco (the road that goes from my Sestri Levante to La Spezia), you can enjoy an almost 360 degree view.
Looking east you can see, very clearly, the Apuan Alps.
You will have all recognized them, right?

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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

To see all the photos I took along the trail, click here:

The adjective “Apuane” is linked to the population of the Apuan Ligurians, who populated part of the Ligurian and Tuscan-Emilian Apennines and the Apuan Alps in pre-Roman Italy. Strabo called them Lunae montes, meaning “mountains of the moon,” Dante Alighieri called them Monti di Luni, an ancient Roman city in the province of La Spezia.
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The Apuan Alps seen from Monte Groppi – Les Alpes Apuanes vues du Monte Groppi – Los Alpes Apuanos vistos desde Monte Groppi – Os Alpes Apuanos vistos do Monte Groppi – Die Apuanischen Alpen vom Monte Groppi aus gesehen – Dãy núi Apuan Alps nhìn từ Monte Groppi – 从 Monte Groppi 看到的 Apuan 阿尔卑斯山 – モンテ・グロッピから見たアプアン・アルプス

26 February 202121 August 2024

The snow-capped Maritime Alps seen from Sestri Levante

The snow-capped Maritime Alps seen from Sestri Levante.
When the weather conditions are right, it is easy, even from our Sestri Levante, to see the Maritime Alps.
A few days ago this is what you could see, obviously with a bit of a telephoto lens, even from the seaside promenade along the Baia delle Favole!

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