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March 13 to 14, 2010
Yours Truly, Pilar, Philippe, Fred and Domitille
Total distance: 25km
Total elevation gain: 2000m
Massif du Mont Blanc, France
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Starting from Les Contamines ski area. Le Mont Tondu is the highest peak on the horizon. |
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Warm up. |
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Skin time! |
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First steep col. |
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View from Col de la Fenetre of our route. In red, today's route to Refuge du Col de la Croix du Bonhomme. In yellow, tomorrow's route up to le Pain de Sucre du Mont Tondu (3169m). |
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Skinning up the flats, with tomorrow's summit in the background. |
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Col du Bonhomme, up yonder (2329m). |
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View south from the Col de la Croix du Bonhomme (2479m). |
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Day 2: the rough life of the alpine snowboarder! |
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View from the slopes of the Mont Tondu towards our route from yesterday. Getting steepish. |
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Getting steeper... |
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And steeper! |
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And even steeper. Go Fred go! |
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Aaaaah, finally the col. This is the view down the other side along the Glacier du Mont Tondu and towards the arching Glacier de Tre la Tete. Domes de Miages on the leftish horizon, Mont Blanc in the middle and Aiguilles des Glaciers on the rightish. |
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View south towards Grenoble. |
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Summit photo (3100m). |
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View back up our descent, from the Glacier de Tre la Tete. |
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Our descent. |
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Nearing le Mauvais Pas. |
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Le Mauvais Pas ... the final sting. |
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And now it's all tree skiing back to the car. Boy am I glad we brought the sunscreen this weekend! |
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