With Jacques and Olivier, the weather changes our plans: Roche Paillon’s couloir and the traverse towards Émile Pic, beneath a fresh blanket of snow.
Changeable weather is on the programme at the start of this trip with Jacques and Olivier. Our original plan, the Meije traverse, is quickly put back on the shelf!
We make a first attempt early in the week near Les Bans, on Coste Counier. But the weather is far too uncertain, so we sensibly turn around before the climbing even begins.
No problem: we reshuffle everything!
With such a generous coating of fresh snow, I suggest routes with more snow and mixed terrain to my two companions. We turn to Roche Paillon’s couloir and the traverse towards Émile Pic, looking thoroughly Patagonian!
A Swiss German guide has made some lovely, rather tall steps for us in the couloir. Very kind!
Up on the ridge, conditions are wintry. Thirty to forty centimetres of powder make the route even more magical than usual…
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