In 1949, Mario Fantin documented the beginning of a Mont Blanc expedition. The film opens on the Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Guérison in Courmayeur. The narrative then moves to the Laghetto di Miage (Miage pond) in Val Veny, featuring murky waters, moraines, and the glacier in the background. The sequence continues in Val Ferret, at Rifugio Elena (Elena Refuge), where some cows are drinking.