Col de la Buche

April 9th: Col de la Buche

Spent 2 days trying to fix the van! And it is now working. hooray! At least we got out for this cheeky morning tour over the Col de la Buche. Pleasant day, only 3.5 hours and the skiing was a mix between soft snow, hard pack and spots of rubble. Still, managed to spend the rest of the day catching up on jobs.

The route goes from the Plan d'Aiguille (midi mid station) and traverses the moraine until you cross the Nantillons Glacier. From here you go up the descent route of Aiguille l'M. You ski from the Col to the mer de Glace. We descended ladders (the approach to the Envers du Plan refuge)
The ski descent is actually quite steep, about 45 degrees+.

Up

Down

Morning Tour : Col de la Buche

3rd April : Col de la Buche Attempt

After quite a drive (work) last night we still managed to be awake at about 7.30am so decided to go have a quick go of the Col de la Buche despite average weather forecast. After a bit of a skin and Rick having some problems with his skins not been trimmed quite right on his splitboard we decided to 'have it' down the Plan d'Aiguille face to Chamonix from the foot of the Blatiere.

Good turns once again. So this brings Rick's splitboard week initiation to an end. He is back in a couple of weeks for more turns and more touring! Maybe he would have had a spoonful of concrete by then.....

more snow due tonight!