4th February : Col du Passon
Once again Plum and I (surprise there) headed out on a bit of a research trip. Firsty, I havent done the col du Passon before and secondly, we wanted to check out several routes in the Argentiere Basin and on the Chardonnet. The previous post shows some pictures of how things are shaping up there.
Argentiere Glacier
The Col du Passon starts from the top of the Grand Montets, you ski straight down onto and over the glacier. Then after a straight forward 750m ascent by ski and hike over the col next to the Aig du Chardonnet you are brought out overlooking the Tour Glacier. Great access from here to the Albert Premier Hut but also great skiing to Le Tour. So much fresh snow with a slight crust. Good skiing right now.
After a straight forward skin up, we hiked up the last 100m of 35 degree snow.
More photos of us having a shit time.
Why are there so many fresh tracks still to be had on these classic tours? Where is everyone?
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