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30th of April : Mont-Blanc à ski. Top of the Alps mountain, it's always a great emotion.The skiing down, by the Grands Mulets route is really impressive on a so wild and big glacier. |
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 Long up ! |
 A geat top... |
 ... and so elegant. |
 Impressive glacier. |
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28th of April : Marinelli Couloir - Monte Rosa. Big and famous couloir, pretty steep, on the second top of the Alpes, an exceptionnal ski down. |
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 Easy up ! |
 Drop at 4200m. |
 More than 2000 m. of vertical drop. |
 Entrance of the couloir. |
 Steep
slope |
 Arriving on the glacier. |
 The way ...Waou ! |
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Photos
: L. Pernollet
26th of April : Whymper Couloir- Aiguille Verte. This summit is a dream for all mountainers.The weather of this spring make perfect conditions to do it. |
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 Couvercle refuge, what a vue ! |
 Couloir at the sunrise. |
 Top of the Verte, magic ! |
 Rappelling at the rimaye. |
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Photos
: L. Pernollet
24th of April : Couloir Lagarde at Les Droites. So great itinerary in the north-east face of the Droites. Perfect conditions but moving so quick in this beginning of summer ! |
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 The couloir. |
 The summit arete. |
 Here we are ! |
 Down on Talefre side. |
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Photos
: Y. Delevaux
22nd of April : Goulotte Carli-Chassagne. All the routes in the north face of the Aiguille du Midi are splendide, technical and various, it's 1200 metres of pleasur in so good conditions for the moment. |
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 Magnificent iceclimbing. |
 So beautiful. |
 The sun ! the top approch ! |
 Wondrful ascent. |
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19-2th of April : The Eigerwand. A mythical route.in perfect conditions this spring but always a great challenge (and stress !) for all climbers ! An adventure trip which is balance between techic and history. |
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 The face ... |
 Arriving at the difficult crack ! |
 Ice between the 1st and 2nd snow field. |
 2nd snow : perfect. |
 The "Rrampe" with somme snow. |
 The last technical part is very dry. |
 What a transverse! |
 A geart moment ! |
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18th of April : North face of the Aiguille d'Argentière. A superb ice and snow face on one of the most beautiful point of vue of the Mont-Blanc range. |
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 Chardonnet pass, background : The Aiguille Verte. |
 First
part in snow above Saleina glacier. |
 Old and hard ice at the end ! |
 The Chardonnet close to us. |
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15th of April : Breche Puiseux. One of the most beautiful outing of "ski-mountaineering" in the Mont-Blanc range.But after a long up with skis and crampons for the couloir, the skiing down on the Mallet glacier just at the bottom of the Grandes Jorasses north face is exceptionnal. |
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 Great randonnee ski trip above the Vallée Blanche. |
 The couloir up to the "Bréche", easy, but to do ! |
 Pierre and Fred in front of the Périades bivouac. |
 Magnificent down on the Mallet glacier . |
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Photos
: D. Lavigne
11th of April : North couloir of Les Drus. An exceptionnal technical climbing in a very wild wall. Very steep in ice and rock, somme artificial climbing, a route witout rest ! |
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 The rimaye |
 The warm up is a beautiful ice route ! |
 Arriving to the rock, impress ! |
 Finishing the Nominé crack. |
 Very steep mixte climbing. |
 Transversing so delicate. |
 The last part is in a so hard ice. |
 Infact it's less steep ! |
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8th of April : Suisses route at Les Courtes. A big glacier route in the beautiful argentiere noth face circus. Steep ice, long vertical drop, some mixte and a vue fabulous : oerfect ! |
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 1st part : it's coming steep. |
 middle part, some snow. |
 The second part is dry, so it's technic ! |
 ... but what vue ! |
 Summit and sun ! |
 The Droites o closes. |
 Great vue to the Mont-Blanc. |
 Skiing the south side. |
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Photos
: Y. Delevaux
5th of April : "Lafaille" route at the Mont-Blanc du Tacul. A classic ice route in an impressive part of the mountain, close to the Gervasutti and Trois Pointes pilars and under the Aiguilles du diable. |
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 Arriving to the difficulties ... |
 ... but the ice is excellente. |
 rappelling down. |
 The route (on the left). |