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Abseil back to slow line
Alpine start, Pelvoux behind
Andy
Andy and Cabey
Andy and Cabey, lower snow slopes
Approaching Les Agneaux
Back on Lower slopes. No photos for the 2-hour snow-plod above due to hail/rain and occasional falling rocks!
Barre des Ecrins
Barre des Ecrins
Barre des Ecrins
Cabey and Andy
Cabey and Andy
Continuing down
Ditto
Ditto
Final photo of the day, expressions tell a story. Slept well that night!
Glacier Blanc
Happy Mountaineers!
Heading back down after running out of time due to earlier queues + fast deteriorating weather. No Summit pic today.
Heading down the other side of Col Tucket
Loads of folk ahead of us
More views
More views
On the 'ledge'
On the rock section. Only V-Diff, but @ 3500M with some suspect looking blocks
Pelvoux
Pelvoux
Steeper ground
That summit might look close, but the ground was extremely loose leading to slow progress. In reality it would have taken 90mins return.
View over the other side of Col Tucket
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