The other day we went to the Val Troncea for a hike. We didn’t really have a destination or direction, we just parked the car and followed whatever trail we liked.
We walked through beautiful pine woods on a wide gravel trail. I was happy to be on a relatively flat trail, no steep climb for once! The valley is part of a natural park, and is one of the best spots in the Alps to see deer (although we didn’t have the luck to see any!)
As we got a little further the valley started to open up and we could see some of the mountains lining the valley. I took a photo of the jet trails for my dad :)
We stopped to have lunch and lay in the grass overlooking the valley.
Last winter’s snow survived the summer! The Val Troncea is a relatively cold valley, perfect for hiking in the summer, and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the winter.
It was such a beautiful spot to spend the day.
We even brought back some treasures from the woods!
Victoria 
what a pretty “treasure” arrangement!
Thanks! We’re going to put wood varnish on that big piece of wood to preserve it. I think it would be a really beautiful fruit bowl or something haha
Thanks for thinking of me as you took the aircraft contrails. One is chasing the other!
Thought you would like them! You should search the area in that flight app, it must be a major route because we saw dozens. We used the binoculars to look at one and saw it was Turkish Airlines!!
It would be a beautiful bowl
Your camera takes stunnng pictures! So clear!