Prev | Index | Next - 17:35 - One hour later after fighting to get past the Cheval Blanc! The mixing of the southerly meteo wind and the north westerly valley wind made the west face turbulent and stopped the thermals from organising properly. Finally we got a climb off the north west corner and could cross to the Montagne du Carton where we climbed to 2500m and then headed west towards the Montagne de l'Ubac. In this picture to my right a ridge leads to the Tete de l'Estop, which is the direction we should have gone but we were too intimidated by the wild terrain below the Tete and took the 'safe' option nearer the road.