February 21 to 22, 2009 Yours Truly, Sandrine, Juraj and Greg Elevation gain: 2300 m Snow: Spring conditions! Where: Le Massif de Devoluy, FRANCE Day1: after stashing our overnight gear in the tiny shephard's cabin in the centre of the picture, we headed up towards the Tete de l'Aupet. View up.  We headed up the valley on the right Final steep slope up to the summit. The summit (2627 m), looking north, with the Grande Tete de l'Obiou in the background. Looking south from the summit, with a sea of clouds in the valley below! The crusty descent. Day 2: starting off from the hut in low-lying fog. Weaving in and out of the fog.  Juraj had serious ankle pains from his boot, so we decided to do the easy ridge-summit on the right of this picture. Micha and I cruising for the top at 800 m per hour, with the Tete du Collier in the        background. Me alone on the summit of the Crete de l'Etoile (~2250 m).  During        the entire second half of the climb, we were hit by gale-force gusts of        wind from the side, that would knock you over.  I battled my way up        to the summit and ducked into a hollow to take this photo.  It was        wild!  Pretty fun going back down too!!!  The redness is from the wind        not a sunburn... A panorama of our climb up the Tete de l'Aupet from the day before. Juraj catching a second wind (literally) as I came back down, and heading        for the top.  The small dot to the left and behind him is Sandrine        knocked over by the wind!  Diving into the sea of clouds covering the valley bottom.  Cool trip!!!  I think we were in the        only region with sun that weekend!