Breche

After a tiring 5 hours of climbing and ski touring this was our little home for the night!



The Periades Bivouac, sat at 3442m its the size of a very small pig sty, with just enough room for 2 people and there bags. Though it does have one amazing view out of the front door!

Tour around the Vallee Blanche

The aim for the day: Breche de Carabiner

A quick descent down the arete and a ski across the plateau to the base of the Grand Capucin.

Petite Envers/ Vrai Vallee Blanche

With the celebrations for Hot Dog Day continuing into the evening it was definitely a leisurely start to the day, but when James had finally decided to get up we dragged ourselves over to the Midi!

Complete with my new tele binding heel piece we found ourselves almost alone on the Arete before descending down a deserted Vallee Blanche.

With a couple of fresh lines and a few more slushy ones further on we eventually caught up with the crowds at the Sal a Mange.

The James Bond track is now fully un-skiable in its entirety so we opted for the Train down.

Speed RIding

Col du Tacul

The Col Du Tacul, this was the second time I've skied this couloir and yet again I wasn't disappointed.

After a near 900m vertical climb we reached the top of the col.

Col du Passon

Hotel Face

With a slight dusting of new snow and Andy keen for as much skin as possible we headed up into the cloud of Brevent!

To our surprise however we popped out into glorious sunshine and a large untouched play ground.

After a few unpleasant powder runs over avalanche debris we traversed round to the Hotel Face, and were treated with good snow, a nice base and a lot of fresh lines!!

The rest of the day was then spent lapping the face before the snow finally returned and the visibility ended play

Verbier ski touring???

"Lets go ski touring in Verbier" says Linsay, so after just 2 hrs sleep we found ourselves on route to Switzerland.

Brevent to Flegere

Having a time window of just 4 hours what ever we were going to do we'd have to do it fast! A traverse from Brevent to Flegere was the chosen target.

From the top of the Cornu lift at Brevent we hiked up the ridge followed by a scramble and climb up the rocky outcrop to reach the summit ridge.

View from the top

From the summit ridge continue to traverse around to the right before dropping down a large coulouir ending up nicely back on the Flegere piste.

After all this however next time we try and get from one to the other I'd recommend just using the cable car!