March 21, 2009 Yours Truly, Pilar and Micha Elevation Gain: 1650 m Distance: 16 km Where: La Grave, FRANCE Les Hieres. Skinning up to the Lac du Goleon, with La Meije in the background. Lac du Goleon Goose-stepping up the glacial wind-swept final summit bowl. View south of the Ecrins from the summit ridge. The long and flat climb up. I made a solo dash for the summit up the rocky ridge.  This is the official auto-photo summit        shot (3427 m), with the Meije and the Barre des Ecrins in the background. The summit ridge from the ... summit. Team red freezing their b...ls off waiting for me. Nice photo.  Bad skiing! Who's your daddy! Rad spring carpet snow on the way down! Yeehaw.  This is so cool, even though we're all sweating our b...ls off!  Why did I even bother        bringing my GoreTex? Ripping through the Hameau de Valfroide on the way down.  Beautiful trip!