Thursday 12 July 2007

Better weather on its way




Yesterday we went up to the Torino refuge, the weather was bad, so from Chamonix we drove through the Mont Blanc tunnel and took the three stage cable car up to Hellbronner, from there David and I navigated around towards the coll Freshfield, but the snow was very deep and visibilty down to almost zero so after an hour and half of heavy trail breaking we turned back and went to the Torino refuge. After a coffee we took another walk along towards the Col Rochefort and went to look at another potential route.
Last night was Davids forst night at altitude for sme time so he did not sleep so well at 3600 meters. However we were upat 4.00 am this morning and agin broke trail to the col freshfield, .This morning visibility was good and walthoughw e still sunk up to our knees in the new snow, itw a Ok. We climbed the Aiguille Entreve and then came back to Hellbronner. Its been very cold day and there were lenticular clouds on the Verte, but it seems to have cleared up. This afternoon we drive round to Grindlewald as David wants to try the Monch and the Jungfrau...
So, hopefully the weather forecast is correct and the weather really is improving. There is lots of wind slab around the mountains of Chamonix, so people need to stay alert and take care for few days until the snow transforms!

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