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Posts Tagged → Alps

In Transit: Nice to Geneva

posted in Climate Change, France, In Transit on April 22, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

Snow cover in the Southern French Alps on 20 April 2026.

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A Valle di Cembra Brief

posted in Italy, Wine on March 3, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A wine and hike reminder.

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18 Photos of the Southern French Alps From Isola 2000

posted in Featured, France, Pic du Jour on February 8, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

And a few peaks in the Cottian Alps in Piedmont.

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In Transit: Nice to Zurich

posted in Climate Change, France, In Transit, Pic du Jour, Switzerland on February 7, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

Snow cover in the Southern French Alps on 6 February 2026.

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Yellow-billed Chough, in the Julian Alps

posted in Birds on January 13, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

A gallery and introduction to this common and beloved Alpine corvid.

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Predil Lake Notebook (and a Frozen Alpine Lake Ice Composition)

posted in Italy on December 23, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

Don’t miss the 30-second singing lake ice video!

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Kukova Spiča – Martuljek Group, Slovenia

posted in Slovenia on August 2, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

This was last night’s sunset lightshow reflected from Kukova Špica (2427m/ 7962ft), a peak at the western end of Slovenia’s Martuljek mountain group, widely considered to be one of the most rugged and picturesque sub-ranges in the Julian Alps.

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Velika Planina in the Snow

posted in Hikes, Slovenia on January 19, 2021 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A few shots from a sensational hike on Wednesday to Mala planina and Velika planina, a high altitude plateau and pasture area in the Kamnik Alps about 35 kilometers northeast of Ljubljana. I finally visited in the snow.

Moving in. Watch your head. And look out for the birds.

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I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant one is my renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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