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Briancon, Alps 2025: Day 2 – Puy St. Vincent

Posted by Matt | September 9, 2025 | 1 comment so far

Lloyd at the top of Puy St. Vincent
Today we headed west out of Briancon and looped round the mountain to Puy St. Vincent.

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