Last Saturday Em and I decided that we would head up and do the Col du Beaugeant tour and return to Le Buet via the Col de L'Encrenaz. Unfortunately winds were pretty strong and the final pommer at Flegere was closed. Undeterred we decided that heading up to the Col de la Floria would provide good training. Conditions were very windblown and we soon exchanged skinning for bootpacking and made good progress up to the col. The views from here were stunning and tucking ourselves over the col, everything was still and very sunny...beautiful! Conditions on the other side of the col were pretty steep and icy and so we decided to 'freestyle' our way back to the Lachenal Bowl and the Lachenal piste at Flegere. From the map this would follow a ridge line and so we decided to forego our chances of any good snow for a bit of an adventure. We stayed just below the ridge line and traversed below the Aiguille de la Floria and headed down and round from there, at first crossing an exposed traverse on foot (more like thigh-deep wading for a while!) and then continuing on skis. The snow was far from great but it was a really great day out, ending with a cold beer at apres in Les Pras, perfect!
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