I have just had another fantastic five days ski touring in the Vanoise and Haute Maurienne with Robbo, Jock, Jon, Mikey and Tim.
We began our tour last Monday with an ascent of the Dome de Pramecou (3081m) before overnighting in Val d’Isere.
On Tuesday, we crossed the Col de l’Ouille Noire (3229m) and descended in poor visibility and snow to the Refuge du Carro. The weather cleared in the afternoon allowing us after an enjoyable ascent a great ski from the Col des Patriotes (3034m).
The weather was settled on Wednesday and we had a great days skiing on L’Uja (3379m).
On Thursday, we traversed the Col du Montet (3185m) before climbing to the summit of the Grande Aiguille Rousse (3482m). This gave us a brilliant descent of 1200 metres to the Refuge Prariond where we overnighted,
Friday was our last day. We made the most of it by completing the Col de la Galise (2987m) and the Grand Concor (3034m) before returning to Val d’Isere.
Excluding the poor weather of Tuesday morning the weather was perfect all week. Every day we skied fresh tracks, sometimes in powder snow and sometimes in spring snow. We saw very few other parties.
Lots more photos on the facebook page.
