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looking back to Chianale from the main climb's first switchback
 

houses by the second switchback
 

not the animals I was expecting in the high country
 

road obstruction
 

rugged place to live
 

looking back to the road climbing from below
 

Colle dell'Agnello (2744m) with riders who took the time trial more seriously.
 

Mon Viso (3841m) east from the pass. Highest peak in Italy south of Gran Paradiso, a rocky point set apart from other peaks, recognizable from other high summits all over the Alps.
 

looking north thru France from the "orientation table" at Col Agnel
 (as this pass is called in French)