Ski Touring!

Today has been an amazingly sunny and beautiful day in the Chamonix Valley and we took full advantage of it by heading out for a tour. We caught the lift up Flegere and then the pommer to the top of the Index before skinning up (500m ascent) and over the col next to the Aiguille de la Floria. A descending traverse took us beneath the Aiguille du Belvedere and we then bootpacked (350m ascent) up the narrowing couloir which had a pretty steep section just before the top. I wasn't expecting it to be quite so sunny and warm...after using lots of suncream on my face I felt like it was more like summer in the Alps than February - awesome!! After a quick bit to eat we headed down to a small col and on to the top of the Mort Glacier (great name...hmmm!) for an amazing powder descent down the Berard Valley that just seemed to go on and on - a glorious 1550m of it! There were many, many smiles as we arrived in Le Buet and caught the train home to Chamonix with a glass of vin chaude - I'm not sure that days get much better than that!!