May 6-10, 2008 Yours Truly, Pilar, Tom and Sarah Pictures courtesy of: Tom and Pilar. Where: Parc National de la Vanoise Starting the trip in longjohns.  Gotta love spring skiing. We watched numerous avalanches and icefalls come        crashing down from the top of this face.  Tom lead us        cautiously out of range, while in front of us, two        French groups went straight up underneath it!  Needless        to say, a sizeable avalanche came down right in front of        them and scared them silly! Hesitently crossing one of the bigger icefalls. Gotta love European ski touring.  It's so easy!  Look at this beautiful free unguarded        hut.  Amazing! Day 2: early start to hit the steep slope leading up to the       Glacier de la Vanoise when the snow's still hard. Summitting on the Glacier de la Vanoise (~3800m). Second hut on our route.  Guarded, beautiful and all to ourselves! So we ordered pasta in the sun to celebrate. No comment. Unfortunately poor Sarah got a pretty bad stomach bug        on day 3, so we decided to call it quits and jet for the car. Descent down to the car.