View of the Mer du Glace, the ski route goes from the bottom left,
to the right of the crevasse, and then to the right of the left
ridge.
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View of Chamonix from Aguille de Midi
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Bruno and Gaelle after the hike down the snow ridge.
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Looking up at Aguille de Midi from the south (at the crevasse in
the first picture)
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The crevasse from the first picture, just a bit closer.
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I was looking up at an icefall while Bruno is looking at where
we'll ski.
Perhaps I should have done that?
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Eating lunch at the Hut. We traversed the icefall on the left to
arrive here.
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On the glacier after lunch. The safety hut, where we had lunch,
is on the smaller ridge to the left of the main icefall.
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Looking back again, but more to the south. The visible moraine
came
from the confluence of the hidden glacier with the Mer du Glace.
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Our guide, Gaelle, and Bruno eyeing another off-piste run.
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In the shadows of the ridge, we stopped to look at the deep blue
ice seen here.
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Near the end of the trip, we traversed through much exposed ice
as seen here.
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After taking off our skis, this was the view up the valley.
We then had to hike up a staircase to take the tram to the station
where we would take the train back down to Chamonix
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The end of the Mer du Glace as seen from the train station.
The ski route descends from the right out of the hidden valley.
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A cloud illuminated with the morning sun.
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Pascal Yiou, one of the organizers, preventing us from going over
the edge.
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