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POST CONGRESS TOUR
Post-Congress botanical and geomorphologial Tour in the Alps
August 27-31, 2006
"In Tyndall's footsteps"
Programme
In general: mountains, glaciers, botany, geology, hiking, history, wine tasting, etc.
Optional: walking on the glacier, rock climbing
Sunday, 27th August 2006
Alpine train to Montenvers – « Mer de Glace »
Pasteur aerobiological sampling
09h00 Neuchâtel (alt. 430m) - Chamonix (France)
Alpine train to Montenvers - Mer de Glace
Visit of the Ice grotto
Lodging at Hotel Montenvers (alt. 1913m)
Montenvers
Monday, 28th August 2006
The vineyards in Valais
Tyndall, pioneer of the Alpine conquest
Chamonix - Zermatt (Switzerland)
Alpine train from the Hotel Montenvers to Chamonix
Leytron: ampelography and wine tasting in Valais
Sion: the old town, Valère (XIIth Cent.) and the oldest playable organ in the world
Lodging in Zermatt (alt. 1616m)
Leytron
Valère
Tuesday, 29th August 2006
Gornergrat - face to face with the Matterhorn
Tyndall and the climate change
Zermatt - Gornergrat (alt. 3090m) - Zermatt
Excursion from the Gornergrat back to Zermatt on foot
Free visit of Zermatt
Visit of an alpine weather station
Lodging in Zermatt (alt. 1616m)
Gornergrat
Wednesday, 30th August 2006
Tyndall's favourite
Zermatt - Belalp (Aletsch glacier, UNESCO)
Excursion to «Tyndall’s Monument» (alt. 2363m) and Villa Tyndall
Optional hiking to Sparhorn (alt. 3021m)
Tyndall aerobiological experiments
Lodging at Hotel Belalp (alt. 2100m)
Belalp
Hotel_Belalp
Thursday, 31st August 2006
From the Valaisan to the Bernese Alps
Belalp (alt. 2100m) - Gletsch - Neuchâtel
Gletsch: excursion towards the glacier of the Rhone
Grimselpass (alt. 2165m), sight on Finsteraarhorn
Aareschlucht (Narrow Canyon of the Aare)
Meiringen (Sherlock Holmes died there!)
20h00 Arrival in Neuchâtel (alt. 430m)
Guides
Prof. M. Burkhard, geologist, University of Neuchâtel
Prof. Paul Comtois, aerobiologist, University of Montreal
Prof. Ph. Küpfer, botanist, University of Neuchâtel
Dr. R. Philipona, physicist, MeteoSwiss
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